Meta, Google, TikTok Must Face Hundreds of Addiction Suits (2)

Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok must face claims in hundreds of federal lawsuits blaming them for addicting young people to social media, a judge ruled.

US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, dismissed some of the claims, which also target Snap Inc. and Discord Inc., while allowing others to proceed. The many cases have been grouped together for Rogers to oversee.

In a 52-page ruling Tuesday, the judge rejected the companies’ arguments that they are immune from personal injury claims under the Constitution’s First Amendment and Section 230 of ...