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Teenager drops social media addiction lawsuit against Meta
had claimed that common social media features such as infinite scroll and autoplay, both of which continuously and automatically show users new content on a platform, drove compulsive use that became a type of addiction., Emily Jeffcott and Rahul Ravipudi, told the BBC that the young plaintiff "came into this process wanting to hold social media companies accountable and push for changes to protect young people like himself".
The Los Angeles Superior Court is overseeing hundreds of lawsuits making similar claims of addiction and harm against social media companies.
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