Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found.
Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link between teen social media use and psychological harm. But this is the first time that link has been upheld in court.
On March 25, jurors in a California state civil trial found Meta and Google liable for designing social media apps that can hook young users. The case centered around a 20-year-old woman identified as Kaley, or KGM. KGM’s lawyers argued that she began using social media platforms, including YouTube, owned by Google, and Instagram, owned by