AI 生成 旧金山 —— 原告律师于 11 月 2 日表示，Snap 已就另一起关于社交媒体涉嫌危害的里程碑式审判达成和解，此前几天 Meta 刚刚达成自己的和解，距离洛杉矶法庭开庭陈述仅剩两天。
Snap settled a US social media harm trial just before opening statements in Los Angeles. Meta, TikTok and YouTube had already settled related claims. The case was one of several bellwether trials meant to guide hundreds of similar lawsuits.
该案是一系列风向标（或称测试）审判中的最新一起，其结果预计将指导全美数百起类似诉讼的解决。
Lawyers said they want to hold social media firms accountable for harm to children. The settlements avoid trial costs and public testimony from top executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri and Evan Spiegel.
“我们很自豪迄今为止为我们的风向标客户实现了正义，包括 K.D.B. 和 S.J.，”律师们在声明中表示，指代仅以姓名首字母标识的原告。
Meta has also faced major penalties in other child harm and data cases. AI generated SAN FRANCISCO - Snap has settled what would have been another landmark trial over the alleged harms of social media, lawyers for the plaintiffs said on Nov 2, just days after Meta reached its own settlement and two days before opening statements were due to begin in a Los Angeles courtroom.
“我们的最终目标是让这些社交媒体公司为其行为对全国数百万儿童造成的影响负责，而这些和解让我们能继续朝着这一目标推进。”
The case was to be the latest in a series of bellwether, or test, trials whose outcomes are expected to guide the resolution of hundreds of similar lawsuits across the United States. “We are proud to have achieved justice for our bellwether clients so far, including K.D.B. and S.J.,” the lawyers said in a statement, referring to the plaintiffs, who are identified only by their initials.
Snapchat 的制造商 Snap 在声明中说，它“很高兴能以友好方式解决此事”。Meta 于 10 月 30 日确认与 KDB 达成和解，此前已与 SJ 达成和解，这使得 Snap 成为该案中唯一的被告，该案合并了两起诉讼的索赔。知情人士向法新社透露，Meta 因商业原因决定和解。
“Our ultimate goal is to hold these social media companies accountable for how their actions have impacted millions of children across the country, and these settlements allow us to keep building toward that goal.”Snap, the maker of Snapchat, said in a statement that it was “pleased to have been able to resolve this matter in an amicable manner.”Meta confirmed a settlement with KDB on Oct 30, after previously settling with SJ, which left Snap as the sole defendant in the case which consolidated claims from two lawsuits. Sources close to Meta told AFP the company decided to settle for business reasons.
TikTok 和 YouTube 也被列为被告，但两者早已达成和解。
TikTok and YouTube were also named as defendants in the case, but both had already reached settlements as well.
根据法庭文件，SJ 和 KDB 的律师预计将主张，他们的当事人在分别于 13 岁和 15 岁开始使用这些应用时，接触到了“具有成瘾性和问题的”社交媒体应用。
Lawyers for SJ and KDB were expected to argue that their clients were exposed to “addictive and problematic” social media apps when they started using them at ages 13 and 15, respectively, according to court documents.
反复曲折 近年来，全国各地的地方、州和联邦法院已提起数千起诉讼，指控社交媒体公司对儿童和青少年造成了各种所谓的伤害。
Twists and turns Thousands of lawsuits have been filed in recent years in local, state and federal courtrooms across the country with various claims about alleged harms to children and teenagers caused by social media companies.
这些案件——其中首起于 2026 年早些时候在洛杉矶开庭审理——经历了反复曲折。
The cases – the first of which went to trial earlier in 2026 in Los Angeles – have taken twists and turns.
Meta 和 YouTube 在今年早些时候输掉了首个所谓的“风向标案件”，当时陪裁团认定它们共同对一名以 KGM 为首字母缩写的年轻用户造成伤害负有责任，并责令这些科技公司共同支付 600 万美元（约 768 万新元）的罚金。
Meta and YouTube lost the first so-called bellwether case earlier this year, when a jury found them collectively liable for harming a young user known by the initials KGM, and ordered the tech companies to pay a combined US$6 million (S$7.68 million) penalty.
Snap 和 TikTok 在该审判前与 KGM 达成和解。
Snap and TikTok settled with KGM ahead of that trial.
几个月后，Snap、TikTok 和 YouTube 与另一起原定于 8 月开庭的案件达成和解；该原告（称为 RKC）随后撤回了对 Meta 的其余指控，使这家 Instagram 和 Facebook 的制造商在未达成和解的情况下避免了审判。
Months later, Snap, TikTok and YouTube settled another case that was set to go to trial in August; that plaintiff, known as RKC, then withdrew their remaining claims against Meta, allowing the Instagram and Facebook maker to avoid trial without a settlement.
通过在审判开始前达成和解，社交媒体公司控制了律师费和潜在罚金的成本。
By settling before a trial kicks off, the social media companies contain costs from lawyer fees and potential penalties.
另一个好处是，这使他们的高管免于出庭作证，也防止了内部文件流入公共领域。
Another benefit is that it shields their executives from testifying in court or insider documents spilling into the public domain.
Meta 首席执行官马克·扎克伯格、Instagram 负责人亚当·莫塞里和 Snap 首席执行官埃文·斯皮格尔原本预计将作为关键证人出席即将在洛杉矶举行的审判。
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel had been expected to be called as key witnesses in the upcoming Los Angeles trial.
8 月，Meta 同意为青少年对 Instagram 和 Facebook 进行更改，并同意向 52 位州检察长支付超过 180 亿美元的罚金，以此在加利福尼亚州举行的审判开庭数日后达成和解。
In August, Meta agreed to pay more than US$18 billion in penalties, in addition to making changes to Instagram and Facebook for teens, when it settled with 52 attorneys general several days into a trial held in California.
该和解是在莫塞里作证仅一天后、扎克伯格尚未被传唤上证人席前达成的。不过，Meta 仍面临其他审判。
That settlement came just a day after Mosseri testified, and before Zuckerberg had been called to the stand. Meta has faced other trials, though.
10月早些时候，新墨西哥州一名法官下令Meta支付250亿美元，此前该公司在一起与剑桥分析公司（Cambridge Analytica）丑闻相关的案件中，被认定因欺骗该州用户其数据的使用方式而承担责任。
Earlier in October, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay US$25 billion in a case where the company was found liable for deceiving users in the state about how their data was used in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
新墨西哥州一个陪审团还认定这家社交媒体巨头对儿童造成伤害负有责任，导致2026年初合计判罚9.42亿美元。
A New Mexico jury also found the social media giant liable for harms to children, leading to a combined penalty of US$942 million in early 2026.