Mother Brings UCL Claim Against Social Media Platforms For Daughter’s Suicide

Mealey's (January 25, 2022, 12:21 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Connecticut woman on Jan. 20 filed a complaint in California federal court against the companies behind the social media platforms Instagram and Snapchat, accusing them of negligently designing their products in a manner that caused her daughter’s social media addiction and subsequent suicide at age 11 and of violating California’s unfair competition law....