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fix fact-checked claims: update MDL count to 2400+, remove unverified quote

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- MDL lawsuit count: 1,745 (stale Apr 2025) → 2,400+ (Mar 2026)
- Katarina Barley quote: unverifiable, replaced with editorial summary
- Applied to all 3 languages

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ In a landmark trial in Los Angeles (January–March 2026), a jury found **Meta a
In New Mexico, Meta was ordered to pay **$375 million** in a settlement over knowingly harming children's mental health through its platforms.
As of April 2026, **1,745 lawsuits** are pending in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against social media companies — up from 1,246 cases a year earlier. A bipartisan coalition of **32 state attorneys general** has filed a federal complaint, and individual states including Minnesota and California have pursued their own cases.
As of early 2026, over **2,400 lawsuits** are pending in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against social media companies — up from around 1,200 cases a year earlier. A bipartisan coalition of **32 state attorneys general** has filed a federal complaint, and individual states including Minnesota and California have pursued their own cases.
The legal claims focus specifically on **addictive design elements** — infinite scrolling, behavioral tracking, algorithmic manipulation — rather than on third-party content. This distinction matters: it targets the business model itself.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ In October 2025, the Commission found that both TikTok and Meta had systematical
Research by Amnesty International in France found that TikTok's algorithm draws children who show interest in mental health topics into spirals of content romanticizing self-harm and suicide.
European Parliament Vice President Katarina Barley has stated directly: "Social media is deliberately designed to be addictive... this is about the business model of Big Tech providers."
The EU's action reflects a growing political consensus in Europe that addictive platform design is not a side effect but a core business strategy — and that regulation must target the business model itself, not just the content it amplifies.
## What Parents Can Do Right Now