A jury on Wednesday found that Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users, a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for ...

LOS ANGELES — A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their social media platforms, producing a bellwether verdict in the first lawsuit to take tech giants to trial for ...

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The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor YouTube‘s cultural influence ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The former psychotherapist of a California woman suing Meta's (META.O), opens new tab Instagram and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab YouTube, claiming a childhood ...

Is social media addictive to young people? A jury in California is being asked to decide — even though the question still divides researchers. The jury will grapple with two main questions, says Eric ...

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...

LOS ANGELES — The world’s biggest social media giants are heading to court for the first time in a wave of landmark trials that will determine whether their platforms are responsible for harming ...

Social media apps have long been accused of being harmful to children. Now those claims will come before a jury for the first time in a trial kicking off Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. A key ...

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Alain Sherter is a senior managing editor with CBS News. He covers business, economics, money and workplace issues for CBS MoneyWatch. Trump Media & Technology is merging with fusion energy company ...

Trump Media and Technology Group announced a merger agreement with fusion power company TAE Technologies valued at more than $6 billion. The all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2026, will result ...