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Meta, YouTube face trial over social media addiction

Landmark social media lawsuits head to a trial that could put CEOs on the stand

More than 1,600 plaintiffs accuse the owners of Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Snap of knowingly designing addictive products harmful to young users’ mental health.

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Social media giants to stand trial on youth addiction claims

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Meta and YouTube head to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims

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Meta, YouTube will still go to trial after TikTok settles social media addiction lawsuit

Tuesday marks the start of a landmark trial in a lawsuit claiming that social media companies are using addictive technology to hook children.

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Meta and YouTube face landmark trial over youth social media addiction claims

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Meta and YouTube face landmark trial over youth addiction claims as TikTok settles with 19-year-old plaintiff

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Meta, TikTok and YouTube heading to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims

For years, social media giants have argued against claims that their platforms harm young people’s mental health. Starting Tuesday, they will for the first time have to defend against those claims before a jury in a court of law.

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Social media giants face trial over allegations their tech is addictive

In a potentially bellwether case, a plaintiff alleges that social media companies deliberately design their platforms to target children.

Engadget

YouTube will give 'second chances' to some banned creators

The YouTube logo is seen outside the company's corporate headquarters in San Bruno, California, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) (JOSH EDELSON via Getty Images) Last month, Alphabet told the House Judiciary Committee that it ...

Ars Technica

YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials

This week, tech content creators began to suspect that AI was making it harder to share some of the most highly sought-after tech tutorials on YouTube, but now YouTube is denying that odd removals were due to automation. Creators grew alarmed when ...