In his opening remarks to the jury, a Google attorney said YouTube is not a social media platform — and could not therefore contribute to social media addiction in children. LOS ANGELES (CN) — An ...

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of ...

YouTube attorney Luis Li, of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, told jurors in his opening statement, "It is not social media addiction when it’s not social media, and it’s not an addiction." The first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...

Instagram and YouTube have been accused of "engineer[ing] addiction in children's brains", in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA. Mark Lanier, representing ...

Google settled YouTube claims brought by a Florida teen, leaving Meta, TikTok, and Snap to face a July trial over social media addiction. Image: Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google has ...

YouTube and Meta -- the parent company of Instagram and Facebook -- are defendants in a blockbuster trial that could set a legal precedent regarding whether social media giants deliberately designed ...