Published Nov 2, 2026, 2:11 PM ET · Updated 11 days ago · 2 sources

Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders

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Snap settles lawsuit accusing platform of fueling teen depression and eating disorders

The plaintiffs said they started using YouTube as young as age 3 and other social media platforms at around age 9 and developed compulsive usage habits that they attributed to features such as autoplay and infinite scrolling.