Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Meta and TikTok seeking to overturn a lower court ruling requiring them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits filed in federal court, saying the companies had appealed too early. But the 9th Circuit said Section 230 provides a defense to liability, not immunity from lawsuits, so the appeal was premature. Parents, school districts, states and other plaintiffs had argued that the trial court’s ruling was not final and therefore could not be appealed. The companies are facing hundreds of additional lawsuits over similar claims in ⁠state court, with approximately 3,300 of them in a consolidated proceeding in California state court. Both Meta and Google, which have denied the claims in those cases, said they would appeal.