{"id":128993,"date":"2025-07-31T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/first-bellwether-trials-planned-for-social-media-addiction\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T07:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:10:05","slug":"first-bellwether-trials-planned-for-social-media-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/31\/first-bellwether-trials-planned-for-social-media-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"First Bellwether Trials Planned For Social Media Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first bellwether trial in the nation alleging social media sites like Instagram and TikTok caused adolescents to get addicted, and suffer mental illness, is set for Nov. 19 in Los Angeles Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/922488155\/0\/law\/legal-news\" 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