LOS ANGELES (CN) — After a monthlong trial, attorneys in a first-of-its kind case over mental health harms to teenagers from social media apps delivered their final arguments to the jury. “When you’re ...

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of ...

YouTube Shorts now commands 2 billion hours monthly on TV screens, transforming vertical phone videos into living room entertainment that rivals cable.

Plaintiff’s lawyer W. Mark Lanier insisted that Meta Platforms Inc. and Google’s YouTube created a 'digital casino' with their social media platforms. The trial is the nation’s first to attempt to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...

In his opening remarks to the jury, a Google attorney said YouTube is not a social media platform — and could not therefore contribute to social media addiction in children. LOS ANGELES (CN) — An ...

W. Mark Lanier, the lawyer for plaintiff K.G.M., who alleges her addiction to YouTube and Instagram caused her mental health problems. A second jury note on Tuesday asked if a 40-second audio ...

Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I’m hoping futilely for warm spring ...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Instagram chief Adam Mosseri is to be called to testify Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom by lawyers out to prove social media is dangerously addictive by design ...

The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube. In ...