A Los Angeles jury found Alphabet's Google and Meta liable for $3 million in damages on Wednesday in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit.

Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google were found liable and must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that her addiction to the companies’ social media platforms caused her to suffer a mental health crisis,

A Los Angeles jury has handed down an unprecedented win for a young woman who sued Meta and Google over her childhood addiction to social media. A panel of jurors found Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the mental health of a 20-year old woman,

Los Angeles jury delivers verdict in landmark case accusing Meta and YouTube of designing platforms to addict young users, setting major precedent.

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

A Los Angeles ⁠jury ⁠reached a verdict on Wednesday in ⁠a landmark social media addiction trial that involves Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube, ​according to spokespeople for the plaintiff and Meta.

Jurors found the companies liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar lawsuits are on the horizon.

Meta and Google have been found liable for a woman’s childhood social media addiction in a landmark case. The case in Los Angeles involved a 20-year-old woman who said she becam