Jury rules against Meta, YouTube in bellwether teen addiction case — the first of many

Meta and Google were found negligent in social media addiction trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday, potentially setting the stage for dozens of similar lawsuits that have been brought against Big Tech companies. The case centered on a 20-year-old woman, identified as KGM, who said her use of social media from a young age was detrimental to her mental health and accused the companies of knowingly engineering their products to addict kids.After nine days of deliberation, the jury found Meta, the parent company ...