Google's YouTube and Snap have settled a lawsuit alleging that social media addiction disrupted student learning and burdened schools with mental health costs. TikTok and Meta Platforms also faced similar claims.

Google’s YouTube and Snap reached agreements to settle the first lawsuit headed to trial over claims that addiction to top social media platforms has disrupted learning and pushed public schools to spend massive sums fighting a mental health crisis, according to court filings. TikTok and Meta Platforms were also sued by the rural Kentucky school district that brought the case, which is set to go to trial on June 12 in federal court in Oakland, California. The trial will serve as a test case for....