# US court allows lawsuits against social media companies to proceed

https://mins.news/en/video/19249

- TRT World, 2026-08-11 14:53 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvjAbshu-FI

> A US court has opened the way for thousands of lawsuits against social media companies to move forward. Many of the cases accuse the companies of deliberately designing products to be addictive for young users while neglecting their wellbeing. Dennis-Kenji Kipker of the Cyberintelligence.institute provides his analysis of the development.

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