Technology
Mar. 31, 2026
Defense experts barred in federal social media addiction trial
A federal judge excluded key defense expert opinions in social media addiction litigation, limited foreign evidence use, and allowed some content-related testimony ahead of a June bellwether trial.
Defendants Meta, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok can't present expert testimony that social media isn't harmful for children when the first bellwether case in the federal multidistrict litigation over alleged addiction goes to trial in June, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Monday.
Gonzalez Rogers granted Kentucky-based plaintiff Breathitt County School District's motion to exclude three opinions offered by two of the defendants' experts. The litigatio...
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