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 ...

Meta and YouTube are in court this week over allegations that their social media platforms can be addictive and harmful to children, while TikTok on Tuesday chose to settle the closely watched case.

SACRAMENTO, California — A trial kicking off this week in Los Angeles will weigh one of the most fraught questions of the digital age: whether social media giants are responsible for harming children.

For more than a decade, Oren and Tal Alexander built a luxury real estate empire, selling ultra-luxury properties across the country. But prosecutors allege that behind the scenes, the brothers and ...

Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young people For the first time, a huge group of parents, teens and school districts is taking on the world’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense in sexual abuse trial of property magnates Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander urges jurors to reject ‘monstrous story’ Three brothers, two of them real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jury selection was set to begin in L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday in a lawsuit that alleges social media ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms, TikTok and YouTube will face courtroom scrutiny this week over allegations that their platforms are fueling a youth mental health crisis, as the national ...

TikTok has reached a settlement to avoid it being involved in a landmark social media addiction trial - a matter of hours before jury selection was due to begin in California. The plaintiff, a 20-year ...

Landmark trials will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington. This year, the ...