Civil Procedure
Oct. 23, 2026
Meta, Snap seek stricter injury standards in social media addiction trial
Meta and Snap urged a Los Angeles judge to apply stricter standards for proving psychological injuries in the next social media addiction trial, involving young plaintiffs from Mississippi and Illinois.
Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. urged a Los Angeles judge Thursday to apply stricter out-of-state legal standards for proving psychological injuries and causation in next week's social media addiction trial involving two young plaintiffs.
The companies argued that the laws of Mississippi and Illinois, where the plaintiffs reside, impose requirements that differ from those applied in the first trial, which involved a California plaintiff, including restrictions on recovering d...
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