A 20-year-old woman prevailed in a landmark social-media trial 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 Los Angeles jury found social media giant Meta and video platform YouTube negligent in a landmark trial, awarding $3 million in compensation to a young woman who alleged she had become addicted to

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay

A jury found both 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

A jury on Wednesday ordered Meta and Google to pay $3 million to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that she was addicted to Instagram and YouTube as a child. The jury of seven women and five men found the companies liable for product design features that harmed the plaintiff’s mental health.

Meta and YouTube must pay $3 million in compensatory damages after a jury ruled their addictive app features caused mental health harm to a young user.

A jury awarded $3 million in damages in a landmark social media lawsuit against Meta and Google. They found the companies behind Instagram, Facebook and Youtube liable for products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by their young users.

A jury found both 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