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TikTok has agreed in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman identified as K.G.M., who alleges that TikTok and other major social media companies designed their platforms to addict young users.
The settlement was reached just hours before jury selection was set to begin in Los Angeles, in what would have been the first youth social-media addiction case to go to trial.
The terms of TikTok’s settlement have not been disclosed.
Amazon has agreed to pay $309 million to U.S. shoppers who said they returned items but never received their refunds. The lawsuit claimed that some customers were wrongly charged even after sending products back.
Court filings say the settlement is worth more than $1 billion in total.
Amazon denied doing anything wrong,Amazon also said it has fixed those issues.
The lawsuit was filed in 2023 and covers U.S. customers who bought items on Amazon since September 2017.
The judge will still need to approve the settlement, and the lawyers representing customers may ask for up to $100 million in legal fees.
Google agreed to pay $135 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit claiming its Android operating system collected users’ cellular data without permission.
The lawsuit alleged that Google gathered this data even when apps were closed
Although Google denies any wrongdoing.
As part of the agreement, Google will:
Obtain user consent before transferring data during phone setup
Make it easier for users to turn off data transfers
Disclose these practices in Google Play’s terms of service
Plaintiffs’ lawyers say this is the largest settlement ever for a conversion case.