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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Teen drops landmark social media addiction case against Meta, Google, Snap

A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately ​addicting young people and fueling a mental health ​crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, according ​to a court filing.

The plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as P. M-Y., had alleged the platforms' owners - Meta Platforms, Google and Snap Inc - contributed to her social media addiction, depression and self-harm.

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