TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit As Global Pressure Mounts To Protect Children

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentWASHINGTON (Worthy News) – TikTok has agreed to settle a landmark U.S. lawsuit accusing social-media companies of deliberately addicting and harming children, just days before the case was due to go to trial, attorneys for the plaintiffs confirmed Tuesday.The short-video platform was one of three major companies — alongside Instagram, owned by Meta, and YouTube, owned by Google — named in the lawsuit. A fourth defendant, Snap I