TikTok has reached an eleventh-hour settlement to avoid its involvement in a landmark social media addiction trial. The settlement came just hours before jury selection was due to begin in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified as K.G.M., alleges that social media apps fueled her depression and suicidal thoughts and is seeking to hold the tech companies liable. “The parties are pleased to have reached an amicable resolution of this dispute,” the Social Media Victims Law Center said of the TikTok settlement, adding the terms were confidential. The defendants now include Meta – which owns Instagram and Facebook – and YouTube parent Google. Snapchat settled with the plaintiff last week.