# Why Social Media Giants Are on Trial for Hooking Kids

https://mins.news/en/item/29892

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-23 15:15 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-23/meta-trial-how-social-media-lawsuits-threaten-big-tech?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8b0e77b8057d00014d4d2d

> A wave of lawsuits alleges that social media companies engineered platforms to be difficult to resist, causing serious harm to young users. In the first personal-injury case to reach trial, a Los Angeles jury found Meta Platforms Inc. and Google negligent in March and awarded $6 million to a 20-year-old woman in a landmark verdict.

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