Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Bellwether / Tag-AlongBreathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Current Status
- Settled. The four platform groups paid about $27M in total — Meta $9M, Snap $8M, TikTok $8M and YouTube $2.01M — per the district's settlement records, obtained under a public records request. None admitted liability and none agreed to platform changes. - Closed 5/21/2026 by voluntary dismissal with prejudice, the first school-district bellwether to resolve. No federal jury was seated.
Docket entries (0)
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Timeline (6)
— Complaint filed (E.D. Ky.) — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedBreathitt County Board of Education files complaint against Meta and other defendants in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
— Transferred into MDL 3047 — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCase transferred from E.D. Ky. to N.D. Cal. under JPML Conditional Transfer Order No. 5, signed 4/12/2023; the member case opened on this date.
— Short-form complaint filed — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedBreathitt County Board of Education files an amended short-form complaint, superseding the short-form complaint it filed on 2/21/2024. Outcome not yet recorded.
— Selected as bellwether (CMO No. 24) — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt selects Breathitt County Board of Education as one of six original school-district bellwethers.
— Summary judgment denied — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedCourt denies defendants’ motion for summary judgment on Breathitt’s negligence and public nuisance claims.
— Settled for $27M and dismissed with prejudice — Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Applies to: Breathitt Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Meta
Source type not recordedPlaintiff stipulates to dismissal with prejudice of its claims against Meta and its affiliates, each party bearing its own fees and costs; Snap, Google/YouTube and the TikTok defendants were dismissed earlier the same week. The dismissals follow settlements totalling about $27M, which were never filed with the court.