A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok, and other social media companies over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young users.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in the litigation.
Well look at mister monopoly over here, making double digits on his class action suits. /S
Something I found interesting is that my wife and I both signed up for a facebook privacy class action a couple years ago and recently got our payouts. I got $6.73, and my wife got I think $6.80.
Woohoo! Raking in the big bucks! You two could enjoy a couple of Slurpees, or maybe a few Gatorades? It’s hot this summer! Stay hydrated!