Meta Rivals Want No Part of Defending Its Many Addiction Suits
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Meta says social media companies should stick together. Here's why.
Meta Platforms Inc. says social media companies should stick together in a fight against dozens of lawsuits alleging they harm young people.Snap Inc., TikTok Inc., and Google say they'd rather go it alone. A panel in St. Louis convenes Thursday to consider whether a single judge should be assigned to oversee suits across the US claiming the companies are causing teenagers to suffer from sleep deprivation, depression and anxiety -- and even to take their own lives. Multidistrict litigation, or MDL, is used to centralize cases that raise common issues and promote efficiency. While Meta said in a court filing it would be impractical to split up the cases...