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Have You Lost Your Child to Social Media?

Landmark verdicts in Los Angeles and Santa Fe have proven what parents have known all along: these companies knowingly designed their apps to harm children. If your child battled an eating disorder, self-harm, or severe depression, you may be owed significant compensation.

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Legal Criteria

See If Your Family Qualifies

for Cash Compensation.

To qualify, you must be under 25 and have used social media before age 18. The following documented harms are recognized by the courts.

Severe depression or anxiety

Clinically diagnosed severe cases

Suicide (attempted, completed, or ideation)

Including documented suicidal ideation

Sexual abuse or exploitation

Nude pictures, grooming and physical abuse

Body dysmorphia

Related to body image or self-esteem

Eating disorders

Anorexia, bulimia, or other

Prescription Medication

For sleep disorders, drug overdose or mood conditions

Age requirement: The affected individual must have used social media before age 18 and be 25 years old or younger today.

Legal Criteria

It’s Not Your Fault.
It’s the Algorithm.

These apps aren’t just entertainment; they’re built using the same addictive “variable reward” technology found in slot machines, deliberately designed to keep your child scrolling. Leaked internal documents prove these companies knew their features were damaging young minds, but chose their bottom line over your child’s well-being.

The Hook

Variable Reward Design

Every scroll, tap, and pause your child makes is tracked and weaponized by algorithms designed to maximize their screen time, built with the same psychology that keeps gamblers glued to slot machines.

The Harm

Sleep & Toxic Content

These platforms deliberately keep children awake late into the night, feeding them harmful content when they’re most vulnerable, targeting your child at the exact hours their developing minds need protection most.

The Result

A Generation in Crisis

The courts have seen the internal documents. The companies knew their platforms were harming children and chose to do nothing. An entire generation is paying the price for their silence.

Between 2007 and 2016, emergency department visits for deliberate self-harm among children increased by a staggering 329%.

Court Rulings & Ongoing Litigation

$948 Million

Ordered against Meta and YouTube in two 2026 court decisions, both subject to appeal.
Three more cases are pending, and one has settled.

Decided cases (both subject to appeal)

$942 Million

In an enforcement action brought by New Mexico’s Attorney General, a jury found Meta committed 75,000 violations of the state’s Unfair Practices Act and imposed $375 million in civil penalties. The judge then ruled that Meta’s platforms constitute a public nuisance in New Mexico and ordered a further $567 million plus five years of court-supervised reforms. The penalties are payable to the state, not to individual users. Meta has said it will appeal.

$6 Million

In a case brought by one individual plaintiff, a jury found Meta and YouTube negligent and awarded $3 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages. The verdict applies only to that plaintiff. Both companies have filed appeals.

Pending lawsuits (allegations only; no court has ruled on the merits of these claims)

Ontario School Boards v. Meta, Snap, & TikTok

Ontario school boards began filing suits in March 2024, alleging the platforms are negligently designed and disrupt student learning. The first four boards sought about $4.5 billion combined. In March 2025, a judge denied the companies’ motion to dismiss, allowing the case to proceed. The allegations have not been proven in court.

State of Utah v. Snap Inc.

Utah filed suit alleging that Snapchat’s design features are addictive and unsafe for minors and that the company violated the state’s consumer protection and privacy laws.

White Mountain Apache Tribe Lawsuit

The tribe filed suit against the companies behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging the platforms contributed to a youth mental health crisis among tribal youth.

Settled case (no finding or admission of liability)

State of Alabama v. TikTok

Alabama’s Attorney General sued TikTok and ByteDance in April 2025, alleging the company misrepresented the platform’s safety for young users. The case settled days before trial. TikTok agreed to pay the state at least $100 million and adopt new limits for teen users. TikTok did not admit wrongdoing.
These cases are described for informational purposes. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any other matter, and a case review does not mean you are eligible for compensation.

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