Parents and family members of victims embrace after the jury found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms and ordered the companies to pay $3 million in damages. The decision delivering a landmark verdict that could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for the mental health of young users. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Laura Marquez-Garrett (C, gray blazer), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms and ordered the companies to pay $3 million in damages. The decision delivering a landmark verdict that could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for the mental health of young users. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Laura Marquez-Garrett (3R), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Laura Marquez-Garrett (C), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they check their phones for news about the verdict outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A jury on March 25 reached a verdict in a landmark social media trial pitting Meta and YouTube against a California woman who accused the tech giants of designing addictive platforms that harmed her mental health, lawyers told AFP. The verdict was expected to be announced shortly. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Laura Marquez-Garrett (3R, gray blazer), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Laura Marquez-Garrett (2L), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they check their phones outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A jury on March 25 reached a verdict in a landmark social media trial pitting Meta and YouTube against a California woman who accused the tech giants of designing addictive platforms that harmed her mental health, lawyers told AFP. The verdict was expected to be announced shortly. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Laura Marquez-Garrett (3R, gray blazer), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

Amy Neville (R), who lost her son Alexander, is greeted by another parent outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A jury on March 25 reached a verdict in a landmark social media trial pitting Meta and YouTube against a California woman who accused the tech giants of designing addictive platforms that harmed her mental health, lawyers told AFP. The verdict was expected to be announced shortly. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)