Meta and YouTube head to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims

For years, social media giants have argued against claims that their platforms harm young people's mental health. Starting Tuesday, they will for the first time have to defend against those claims before a jury in a court of law.

A 19-year-old, identified as KGM, and her mother, Karen Glenn, sued TikTok, Meta, Snap and Google's YouTube, alleging that the companies knowingly created addictive features that harmed her mental health and led to self-harm and suicidal thoughts...