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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is social media addiction? A 20-year-old’s case against Meta and YouTube may reshape how the law defines it. We found the ...

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.

Tammy Rodriguez, who is suing social media companies for wrongful death of her daughter, tells CNN’s Audie Cornish ongoing lawsuits are about “accountability” Iran responds to Trump's threat of ...

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 ...

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.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are speaking out after a Los Angeles jury ruled against Google and Meta in a landmark case regarding social media addiction. On Wednesday, March 25, the two tech giants ...

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) ...