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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kaitlyn Huamani and Barbara Ortutay

Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount

Social-Media-Kids-Lawsuit - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social media giants that alleges their platforms are addictive and dangerous.

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