Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Bellwether / Tag-AlongCharleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Current Status
- Set as the school-district bellwether to follow Tucson USD, per Case Management Order No. 35. - Jury selection 2/3/2027; trial starts 2/8/2027 — the same dates as Tucson. - Defendants’ summary judgment motion (SD MSJ No. 3) was filed 9/30/2025, set for hearing 1/26/2026, and remains undecided as of 9/11/2026.
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Timeline (9)
— Complaint filed (D.S.C.) — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCharleston County School District files complaint against Meta and other defendants in the District of South Carolina.
— Transferred into MDL 3047 — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCase transferred from D.S.C. to N.D. Cal. under JPML Conditional Transfer Order No. 17, signed 9/8/2023; the member case opened on this date.
— Short-form complaint filed — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCharleston County School District files the school-district master short-form complaint, adopting the Master Complaint by reference.
— Selected as bellwether (CMO No. 24) — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt selects Charleston County School District as one of six original school-district bellwethers.
— Summary judgment motion filed — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedDefendants move for summary judgment on Charleston County School District’s claims, one of six coordinated school-district bellwether motions.
— Trial date set (CMO No. 35) — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCase Management Order No. 35 sets the school-district trial schedule, preparing Tucson USD and Charleston together so the second can proceed if the first resolves.
— Breathitt in limine rulings applied to Charleston — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt grants the parties’ joint stipulation that the Breathitt in limine rulings, and the briefing behind them, apply in the Tucson and Charleston trials, with all objections preserved for appeal.
— Scheduled jury selection — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedJury selection is scheduled to begin, set by Case Management Order No. 35 and shared with Tucson USD, which is tried first.
— Scheduled trial start — Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Applies to: Charleston Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Meta
Source type not recordedOpening statements and evidence are scheduled to begin, set by Case Management Order No. 35.