Request a social media case review.
If your child experienced documented mental health harm — anxiety, depression, eating disorder symptoms, self-harm, or significant emotional or behavioral decline — coinciding with heavy use of Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, or similar platforms, you may be eligible for a free, confidential case review.
Lawsuit Center is the intake and referral practice of David Meldofsky, a California attorney, and provides no legal advice through this site. Submitting information does not guarantee eligibility, compensation, contact, or representation. Hundreds of similar cases have been coordinated in MDL 3047 in the Northern District of California, and recent verdicts have focused on minors with documented mental health harm.
Situations people often research.
Social media addiction claims often involve allegations that platforms — through endless scroll, autoplay, algorithmic recommendations, push notifications, and other engagement-driven design — caused serious mental health harm to minors. The strongest current claims involve documented mental health diagnoses, eating disorder symptoms, self-harm, or hospitalization coinciding with heavy platform use. You don't need to know the legal terms — basic information about which platforms were used, the age of the affected person, and the nature of the harm is enough to start.
- Parents of children diagnosed with depression, anxiety, or other mental health conditions tied to heavy social media use
- Families dealing with eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating) following intense Instagram, TikTok, or similar platform use
- Self-harm, suicide attempts, or suicidal ideation coinciding with platform use
- Hospitalization, residential treatment, or intensive outpatient care for mental health
- Significant academic decline, social withdrawal, or sleep disruption tied to platform use
- Adults researching on behalf of an affected family member
Social media case review form.
Start with the situation that best fits, then briefly describe what happened. Contact information is requested so the firm David refers your request to can follow up.
What happens next.
Your information is used to match your request to an active lawsuit category and to a participating law firm in your state.
If there appears to be a possible fit, David refers your request to a participating law firm, and that firm may contact you to ask for more information.
No attorney-client relationship is formed unless and until you sign an agreement directly with a law firm.
Read this before submitting.
Lawsuit Center is the intake and referral practice of David Meldofsky, a California attorney, and provides no legal advice through this site. Submitting information creates no attorney-client relationship. It does not guarantee that you qualify for a claim, that compensation will be available, or that any law firm will offer representation.
Some pages may include attorney advertising, sponsored listings, paid law firm visibility, or referral-related opportunities. Sponsored visibility is advertising and should not be treated as a recommendation or endorsement of any attorney or law firm.
Hundreds of cases have been coordinated in federal court as MDL 3047 (In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation). Recent verdicts and rulings have focused on minors with documented mental health harm. Not every situation will fit a current claim. Honest screening protects everyone's time.
Legal deadlines for product liability and personal injury claims can vary by state and can be short. If you believe you may have a claim, consider speaking with a licensed attorney as soon as possible.