In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3047)
22-MD-3047-YGR
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About This Case
This is a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) involving various defendants such as Meta Platforms, Inc., Instagram LLC, Snap, Inc., TikTok, Inc., ByteDance, Inc., YouTube LLC, Google LLC, and Alphabet Inc. Plaintiffs have alleged that the defendants’ social media platforms are defective because they are designed to maximize screen time, which can encourage addictive behavior in adolescents. As alleged, this conduct results in various emotional and physical harms, including death.
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| Date | Proceeding or Deadline |
|---|---|
| 6/1/2023 | Motion to Dismiss Deadline |
| 6/1/2023 | Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Deadline |
| 6/30/2023 | Reply to Motion to Dismiss Deadline |
| 8/15/2023 | Motion to Dismiss on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment Deadline |
The row should indicate that August 15, 2023 is the deadline for “Motion to Dismiss on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment Deadline.”
Selected case documents of special interest
| Type | Document Title | Docket # | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Order Setting Initial Conference | 2 | 10/11/2022 |
| Case Management Order No. 1 | 75 | 11/10/2022 |
| Case Management Order No. 2 | 82 | 11/15/2022 |
| Case Management Order No. 3 | 111 | 12/15/2022 |
| Case Management Order No. 4 | 119 | 12/19/2022 |
| Case Management Order No. 5 | 164 | 3/3/2023 |
| Redacted Master Complaint | 180-1 | 3/10/2023 |