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 ...

Instagram and YouTube intentionally designed social media platforms to hook users, a landmark court case found. A ...

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress ...

Meta and Google were found liable in a landmark trial over whether social media apps like Instagram and YouTube are designed ...

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible ...

The verdict, which caps a weeks-long trial in Los Angeles, could set a legal precedent for similar allegations brought ...

Addiction often creates more than emotional strain—it can devastate finances. Experts share how to spot financial red flags ...

It begins: anyone who's ever spent too much time on social media—or simply suffered any setbacks while simultaneously having ...