IN RE: SOCIAL MEDIA ADOLESCENT ADDICTION/PERSONAL INJURY PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION
Issue
Insufficient text to determine. (The document is a pretrial exhibit list, not an opinion, order, or brief addressing a specific legal question under §230, First Amendment doctrine, or AI/product liability theory.)
What Happened
Defendants Meta Platforms, Inc. and Instagram, LLC filed a preliminary exhibit list on March 16, 2026, in the Breathitt County Board of Education bellwether trial within the MDL. The list discloses 235+ exhibits Defendants may use at trial, including Breathitt County School District financial statements, school board minutes, student handbooks, behavior and discipline data, technology plans, digital citizenship curricula, and COVID-related school communications. The filing notes that the list excludes impeachment or rebuttal documents and deposition transcripts, and that a final updated list is due April 20, 2026.
Why It Matters
As a pretrial exhibit list rather than a ruling or substantive motion, this document does not advance legal doctrine; however, the categories of exhibits—particularly school financial records, pre-existing behavioral data, and district technology and digital-citizenship plans—signal that Defendants intend to contest causation and damages by attributing student mental-health and behavioral issues to pre-existing institutional, socioeconomic, and pandemic-related factors rather than to platform design.
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