California Appeals Court Confirms That School Districts Can’t Sue Over Social Media Addiction

[I have so many topically related cases in my blogging queue, but I’ve accelerated coverage of this one because of its potential significance.] An entire financial and regulatory ecosystem has developed around the narrative that social media services illegally addict their users. This belief has become a dominant orthodoxy in most circles. But the thing is, much of this narrative is predicated on assumptions about the law that may not survive appellate review. If the appeals courts undermine some or all of the narrative, an entire ecosystem and an unquestioned orthodoxy could crumble. In this case, the state trial court rejected several claims from school districts. The state appeals court affirms those rulings. The latest ruling doesn’t flip the lower court ruling, so it doesn’t itself change the litigation or regulatory ecosystem. However, the state appellate ruling does expressly conflict with some conclusions in the federal court case, which has already produced one bellwether…

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