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Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders

The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed compulsive usage habits that they attributed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.

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Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders
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11:11 AM PST · November 2, 2026

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Snap has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by two teenagers who accused the company of designing its platform to be addictive and contributing to their…

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