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

- Source: TechCrunch
- Published: 2026-11-02T19:11:49+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/snap-settles-lawsuit-accusing-platform-of-fueling-teen-depression-and-eating-disorders/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/snap-settles-lawsuit-accusing-platform-of-fueling-teen-depression-and--46bd08/

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.

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