Judge Tosses Liability Claims Against Zuckerberg In Social Media Addiction MDL

( November 8, 2024, 2:06 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on Nov. 7 granted Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s motion to dismiss the corporate officer liability claims against him in a product liability multidistrict ligation over the purported addictive qualities for adolescents regarding several of the largest social media platforms, finding that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently “allege that Zuckerberg directed the suppression of material information” at issue in this case regarding the negative impact of social media use among younger users....