LOS ANGELES, CA – A US jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark case, ruling that their platforms harmed a young user through addictive design features and failed to warn of risks to ...

Mark Lanier, the folksy Texas litigator who doubles as a part-time pastor, held a jar of M&Ms in front of the Los Angeles jury and told them that each one represented a billion dollars of Meta’s ...

Two landmark verdicts this week could reshape the way social media works. In Los Angeles, a jury found Meta and Google negligent in designing apps like YouTube and Instagram to be addictive and ...

Online safety advocates hope landmark trial verdicts this week can bring change to social media platforms they have warned about for years, after juries found Meta (and YouTube in one case) ...

The tide is finally turning on social media. In just the last two days, two separate juries, in New Mexico and California, have held social media companies accountable for harming kids, for the first ...

A top Meta lawyer says the company will "aggressively" pursue appeals after two juries found it liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Juries in California and New Mexico recently ...

In what may turn out to be a bellwether decision, on Wednesday a state court jury in Los Angeles awarded $6 million in damages from Meta Platforms and Alphabet to a woman who is now 20 years old.

Two landmark cases centered around children and their use of social media are shining a spotlight on the ongoing parental debate over how much time kids and teens should be spending on those platforms ...

Meta and Google were held liable in a landmark US legal case this week that found the algorithms behind the most popular social media platforms are designed to be addictive to children and teenagers.

Meta and Google suffered a major legal defeat as a Los Angeles jury awarded $6 million to a plaintiff, ruling that Instagram and YouTube are intentionally addictive and harmful to youth mental health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major new ruling is putting social media companies under the microscope after a California jury found Meta and YouTube negligent ...

Meta stock fell sharply during Thursday's trading session. A jury found Meta and Google were negligent in a landmark trial on social media addiction. Investors are rethinking the tech giant's exposure ...