LOS ANGELES—After a tense lead-up to the latest high-profile social media harms trial, Snap Inc., developer of the popular app Snapchat, settled a bellwether lawsuit with two teenage plaintiffs before a California jury could hear the case.
“We have settled with all of the defendants for both plaintiffs in this case,” Mark Lanier, attorney for plaintiffs on Monday morning told Judge Carolyn Kuhl of the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles.
Meta, Google, and TikTok were originally named defendants in the case but settled before Snap.
Representatives for Snap, Inc. did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Epoch Times, and the terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed….