As many organizations celebrate outcome, some are skeptical as to what it means for privacy protections

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.

The trial was one of several that social media companies face this year and beyond.

The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.

A jury reached a verdict in the L.A. trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.

Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial

Landmark trial “shakes Big Tech to its core”; complaint argued companies knowingly designed addictive products that exposed children to harm.

The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for negligently designing addictive social media platforms that harm children, in a landmark verdict that could have lasting…

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman.

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that

As many organizations celebrate outcome, some are skeptical as to what it means for privacy protections

The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.

Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companies