What is social media addiction? A 20-year-old’s case against Meta and YouTube may reshape how the law defines it.

A jury found Meta and YouTube liable for contributing to a young woman’s harm through addictive platform design, a landmark ...
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'Engineered addiction': Landmark trial over social media's effect on kids boots up in downtown LA

Parents who say their children's deaths were caused by social media platforms outside Spring Street Courthouse, in February 2026, days ahead of the landmark social media addiction trial (Jordan ...
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The 'social media addiction' narrative may be more harmful than social media itself

This week, a major trial kicked off in Los Angeles in which hundreds of families sued Meta, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube, accusing the companies of intentionally designing their products to be addictive ...
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Children, addiction and social media: Why is Mark Zuckerberg in court?

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg faced grieving families on Wednesday as he testified at a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The world's biggest social media companies will feature in ...