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Case tracker · Social media addiction

Social Media Cases (JCCP 5255)

Social media addiction

Ongoing

First bellwether trial Jan 2026

AI system / company: Meta/Instagram, Snap/Snapchat, TikTok/ByteDance, Google/YouTube
Jurisdiction: United States (California)
Court / regulator: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl)
Status: Ongoing

What happened

California's state-court coordinated proceeding (the state analog to the federal MDL) consolidates roughly 800 individual and school-district cases alleging that social media platforms were designed to addict young users and harm their mental health. In late 2025 the court denied the platforms' motions for summary judgment, clearing the way for jury trials on product-design liability. The first state bellwether trial, KGM v. Meta & YouTube, began jury selection on January 27, 2026.

About social media addiction cases

Claims that platforms were deliberately engineered to maximize compulsive use — infinite scroll, autoplay, variable-reward notifications — causing measurable harm, especially to minors.

Sources

Attorneys who handle social media addiction cases

Anand Kumar Chavakula
Maryland
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Benjamin Edwin Calpino
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Laurel LaMontagne
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Ross Q. Panko
District of Columbia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Peter Andrew Koziol
Florida
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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Timothy B. Hyland
Virginia
Civil rights
Consumer protection / unfair practices
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