YouTube (Google/Alphabet)

Same quiet-settlement pattern as TikTok and Snapchat (this same tab): Google reached a CONFIDENTIAL settlement with a Florida teenager who alleged depression, anxiety, and sleep loss from YouTube's 'addictive design' — removing YouTube from the bellwether trial before the public could see what internal evidence might have surfaced. In the earlier first bellwether trial (March 2026), a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google (YouTube) liable and awarded $6 million to a different plaintiff, with Meta assigned the larger share, so the underlying concern didn't just disappear.

• Severity
• Evidence tierUnassigned
• Claims confirmed
• Last verified2026-08-04

Case status. Private litigation; the legal tier of its sources has not been assigned yet.

Primary source. www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2019/09/170-million-ftc-ny-youtube-settlement-offers-coppa-compliance-tips-platforms-providers — Verified - primary source confirmed.

Arbitration

Not independently confirmed this pass — governed by Google's general Terms of Service arbitration provisions (see also Google's other consumer products, which typically share a single arbitration framework across the Google product suite).

Data sharing

Same youth-addiction litigation category as Meta/TikTok/Snapchat; Google agreed to a confidential settlement for a Florida teenager's individual claims (alleging depression, anxiety, and sleep loss from YouTube's 'addictive design') in June 2026, removing YouTube from the second California bellwether trial; in the earlier first bellwether (March 2026), a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google/YouTube liable and awarded $6M to a different plaintiff, with Meta assigned the larger share.

Contacts

Privacy contact. dpo-google@google.com (primary route is the Google privacy help form)

Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.

Mailing address. Google LLC, Attn: Data Protection, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA