2026年8月10日 / 美国东部时间下午4:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：玛丽·坎宁安
美国联邦上诉法院周一驳回了Meta和TikTok等母公司的上诉，意味着数千起指控Instagram、TikTok等社交媒体平台诱导用户成瘾的诉讼可以继续推进。
美国第九巡回上诉法院作出上述裁决，是为了回应 Alphabet旗下谷歌、Facebook和Instagram母公司Meta、Snapchat母公司Snap以及字节跳动旗下TikTok的上诉请求，他们希望推翻加州下级地区法院的判决。
这些社交媒体巨头辩称，他们受到《通信规范法案》第230条的保护，该条款为在线服务提供商对平台上第三方发布的内容承担责任提供了豁免。这些公司特别声称，第230条禁止针对他们未警告公众社交媒体可能导致成瘾行为的诉讼。
谷歌、Meta、Snap和TikTok未立即回应置评请求。
“尽管第230条并未明确规定诉讼豁免权，但Meta认为应当默示享有此项豁免。我们不能认同这一主张，”巡回法官杰奎琳·洪-吴克·阮在其判决意见中写道。
社交媒体公司此前面临大量诉讼，指控其平台设计会引发成瘾行为并损害用户心理健康。
今年3月，Meta和YouTube被认定需为制造导致年轻用户出现有害成瘾行为的产品承担法律责任。TikTok和Snapchat母公司Snap最初也被列入诉讼，但在今年1月下旬庭审开始前达成和解。该案陪审团判给首席原告600万美元赔偿。
编辑：阿兰·谢特
Social media addiction lawsuits against Meta and TikTok can proceed, court rules
August 10, 2026 / 4:27 PM EDT / CBS News
By Mary Cunningham
Thousands of lawsuits alleging that social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok encourage addictive usage can proceed after a U.S. federal appeals court on Monday denied their parent companies’ appeal.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit came in response to efforts by Alphabet’s Google; Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram; Snapchat-owner Snap; and ByteDance’s TikTok to reverse a lower California district court decision.
The social media giants argued that they had immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields online service providers from liability for third-party content posted on their platforms. Specifically, the companies claimed that Section 230 bars litigation alleging they failed to warn the public that social media can lead to addictive behavior.
Google, Meta, Snap and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“Although Section 230 does not expressly provide for immunity from suit, Meta argues that such immunity should be implied. We disagree,” Circuit Judge Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen wrote in her opinion.
Social media companies faced a torrent of lawsuits alleging that their design can cause addictive behavior and harm users’ mental health.
In March, Meta and YouTube were held legally liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users. TikTok and Snapchat parent Snap were named in the original complaint, but settled before the trial began in late January. The jury in that case awarded $6 million to the lead plaintiff.
Edited by Alain Sherter
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