Landmark social media addiction trial heads to jury The attorney for the case's representative plaintiff told the jury that Meta and Google had

Meta and YouTube argue a teen’s “chaotic home” is to blame, not their apps. But internal docs say they studied addiction like a science. Courts deciding liability is just catching up to what we know. #MetaOnTrial #YouTubeKnew #Meta #Resist #SocialMediaHarm
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TikTok Settles as Social Media Giants Face Landmark Trial Over Youth Addiction Claims Trial centers on criticisms that the platforms deliberately addict and harm children.

In Los Angeles, Meta and YouTube face a landmark product‑liability trial over youth addiction and mental‑health harms; Plaintiffs say features like infinite scroll and algorithms are defectively designed to hook kids.
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FTC v. Meta live: updates from the battle for Instagram and WhatsApp The case centers around its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

“We were a threat to their growth.” - Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom on why Zuckerberg bought them out. Turns out, domination—not collaboration—was the goal. #MetaOnTrial