TikTok settles second addiction case, leaving Meta and Snap to face a jury alone
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TikTok quietly exiting a second addiction case while peers head to a jury underscores how fragmented platform liability strategies are about to become. If you run any engagement‑driven product, assume legal discovery on design choices is now a real risk surface and start logging and reviewing those decisions like you would security changes.
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