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TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial

techxplore - Video sharing app TikTok has made an eleventh-hour deal to avoid a landmark US trial accusing it, along with Meta and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media, lawyers said on Tuesday.

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #health #tiktok #psychology #bytedance #law #media #litigation

TikTok avoids historic trial with last-minute Snap settlement

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

TikTok settles as Meta and Google face jury in social media addiction suit

5 wks / mashable

Jury selection begins Tuesday as this case moves closer to trial.

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TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial

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TikTok settles just before social media addiction trial to begin

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TikTok joins Snap to settle social media addiction lawsuit

5 wks / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

TikTok settles to avoid major social media addiction lawsuit

5 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

Chris Hauk / idropnews - TikTok’s transition to US ownership hits a crisis as server outages, censorship claims over a Minneapolis shooting, and a Gavin Newsom probe drive users to UpScrolled.Read More...


Censorship claims and content suppression

Users blast TikTok for ‘censoring’ Minneapolis shooting videos

5 wks / news.com.au

TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say | TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.

5 wks / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say

5 wks / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

TikTok faces slew of censorship claims and glitches days after ownership change

5 wks / reddit / /u/Abject-Pick-6472

TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

5 wks / idropnews / Chris Hauk

TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553

California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of the current American president

5 wks / reddit / /u/RewardEquivalent553


Technical outages and infrastructure hiccups

TikTok in the USA so far: Outages and outrage

5 wks / mashable

TikTok says it’s still working to recover its U.S. infrastructure

5 wks / techcrunch / Sarah Perez


U.S. ownership and political influence

What you should know about the owners of US TikTok

5 wks / techcrunch / Lauren Forristal

TikTok Already Getting Shittier Under The Ownership Of President's Billionaire Buddies

5 wks / reddit / /u/StraightedgexLiberal

TikTok users panic over the app’s 'immigration data' collection policy, but the wording isn't new

5 wks / reddit / /u/HellYeahDamnWrite


User exodus to alternative platforms

Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives

5 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

UpScrolled and Skylight rising: Users race to TikTok alternatives after U.S. takeover

5 wks / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson


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Looks Like American TikTok’s Problems Are Sending Users Flocking to Alternatives https://gizmodo.com/looks-like-american-tiktoks-problems-are-sending-users-flocking-to-alternatives-2000714286

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​ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, recently established a separate American entity to run the app’s U.S. operations. This restructuring aims to

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children

Shannon Bond / npr - A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm.

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TikTok to settle as social media addiction trial involving Meta, YouTube moves forward www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/t...

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TikTok Settles Teen Mental-Health Lawsuit Before Trial

5 wks / wsj / Erin Mulvaney

TikTok to settle as social media addiction trial involving Meta, YouTube moves forward

5 wks / cnbc

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Blockbuster social media trial kicks off, with more to come this year

5 wks / cnbc

"Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom." www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

5 wks / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children

5 wks / npr / Shannon Bond

Meta, TikTok and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims

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The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety

5 wks / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

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