Tracker Detail
JCCP Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability
Name | Type | Government | Date Initiated | Status | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JCCP Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability | Litigation | United States | Sep 15, 2022 | ongoing | Oct 13, 2023 |
Summary
Social media youth addiction lawsuits against Meta (Instagram and Facebook), Snapchat, TikTok, and Google (YouTube) filed in California state courts by both individual plaintiffs and school districts were consolidated into a Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding (JCCP), or the California state version of multidistrict litigation (MDL). It consolidated around 800 cases and closely resembles Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation - MDL No. 3047. The case was assigned to Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.
Updates
June 30, 2022. Social Media Victim's Law Center files a wrongful death suit alleging that TikTok is responsible for causing the deaths of two teens who both died after being exposed to content related to the “TikTok Blackout Challenge” on the social media platform.
July 20, 2022. Social Media Victim's Law Center files three lawsuits—one against Meta Platforms, Inc., and two against Meta, Snap, Inc. and ByteDance—for the wrongful deaths of three Louisiana children.
July 20, 2022.The Social Media Victims Law Center files three lawsuits—two against Meta Platforms, Inc., and one against TikTok—for causing eating disorders and mental health issues in young girls.
September 15, 2022. Courts consolidate hundreds of cases alleging negligence and defective design by TikTok and Meta into a single proceeding.
October 13, 2023. Judge Kuhl issues an 89-page order dismissing plaintiffs’ claims that social media companies are liable for the defective design of their products based on Section 230 and First Amendment grounds, but allowed the case to proceed based on its per se negligence claims.
