A Los Angeles jury has made history, ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately engineered platforms to addict a young user.

Meta must pay $4.2 million and Google (which owns YouTube) must pay $1.8 million, according to the jury. Six million dollars ...

The verdict delivered on March 25, 2026, holding Meta and Google responsible for purposefully designing social media platforms to be addictive, and knowing it can be harmful, is flawed at multiple ...

Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general in President Trump's first term, said that "similar to cigarettes," the ...

A case has started in the US in which a Califonia woman, known as Kelly GM in court, complained how using Meta Platforms’ Instagram and Google’s YouTube as a child affected her mental health.

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary told CNBC that his view is that "everything should be over the counter" unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoring. He said the ...

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