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Jury finds Meta, YouTube liable for social media addiction: What we know
Jury recommends Google and Meta pay $6m damages in landmark social media addiction lawsuit.
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![A process server attempts to give papers to Meta CEO and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg as Zuckerberg arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court ahead of the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on February 18, 2026. [Patrick T. Fallon/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AFP__20260218__982Z9HR__v1__HighRes__MarkZuckerbergTakesStandInSocialMediaAddictionT_cropped-1771439774.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
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