YouTube settles ahead of the next bellwether trial over alleged harms from social media.

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The terms of the settlement are confidential, Courthouse News Service reports. Meta, Snap, and ByteDance are still set to be defendants in the trial, which is being brought by a 15-year old plaintiff known as “R.K.C.” and is scheduled to start on July 27th. In the first bellwether case, Meta and YouTube were found negligent. [Link: YouTube settles upcoming bellwether trial over social media's psychological harms to kids | https://www.courthousenews.com/youtube-settles-upcoming-bellwether-trial-over-social-medias-psychological-harms-to-kids/ | Courthouse News Service]