Kimberly Adams

but rather about the nature of the platforms themselves and whether they're designed to get young users addicted.

Here to talk about what's at stake is Cecilia Kang, a tech reporter at The New York Times.

Here to talk about what's at stake is Cecilia Kang, a tech reporter at The New York Times.

Cecilia, welcome back to the show.

Cecilia, welcome back to the show.

Thanks for having me again.

Thanks for having me again.

So lay out for me this particular case at hand here and why the plaintiffs think that their arguments are going to win this time.

So lay out for me this particular case at hand here and why the plaintiffs think that their arguments are going to win this time.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So in this first sort of set or tranche of cases in a California Superior Court in Los Angeles, we are going to hear from nine individuals who are suing all four companies.

So in this first sort of set or tranche of cases in a California Superior Court in Los Angeles, we are going to hear from nine individuals who are suing all four companies.

And in this first case, Snap and TikTok were.

And in this first case, Snap and TikTok were.

settled with the plaintiff who is going by the initials KGM.

settled with the plaintiff who is going by the initials KGM.

What we know about her is that she is now 20 years old, but she began using YouTube in elementary school and soon after picked up Snap and then also subscribed to Musical.ly, which is now known as TikTok, and then Instagram.

What we know about her is that she is now 20 years old, but she began using YouTube in elementary school and soon after picked up Snap and then also subscribed to Musical.ly, which is now known as TikTok, and then Instagram.

And her claims are that