2 More School Board Cases Added to Social Media MDL

The U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco added two class actions to Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, said conditional transfer order CTO-17 (docket 3047) Thursday. Livingston Parish School Board v. Meta Platforms et al. and Charleston County School District v. Meta Platforms bring the number of related actions transferred to the court to 123. The first 20, alleging social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube are fueling a mental health crisis among minors in the U.S., were transferred in October. The cases were assigned to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Oppositions are due Thursday.