Meta and YouTube Lose Landmark Social Media Trial -- WSJ
Dow Jones
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By Erich Schwartzel,Meghan Bobrowsky, Katherine Sayre and Erin Mulvaney
LOS ANGELES--A 20-year-old woman prevailed in another landmark social media trial this week against Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube in which the companies were accused of designing their apps to be addictive and harmful to adolescents.
A jury found Instagram's owner Meta and YouTube negligent for operating a product that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn about those dangers. The decision dealt a blow to the companies that have historically been shielded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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March 25, 2026 13:26 ET (17:26 GMT)
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