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YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

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Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial

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Instagram boss to testify at social media addiction trial

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Meta, YouTube on trial over social media addiction claims for children | ChicagoLIVE

Opening statements begin this week in a landmark trial claiming Meta and YouTube deliberately designed platforms to addict young users, with potential ripple effects for hundreds of similar lawsuits.

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AP reporter talks about landmark social media addiction trial beginning in Los Angeles

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Meta and YouTube Created ‘Digital Casinos,’ Lawyers Argue in Landmark Trial

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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial

Lanier, the plaintiff's lawyer, delivered lively first remarks where he said the case will be as “easy as ABC” — which stands for “addicting the brains of children.”

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Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears

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Meta, YouTube design apps to addict kids, jury hears as landmark trial begins

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YouTube lawyer sees no addiction from half hour of videos a day

The 20-year-old woman at the center of a landmark trial over social media addiction used YouTube for an average of just 29 minutes per day over the last five years, a lawyer for Google told jurors.

HHS unveils program to address homelessness and addiction, part of a set of new initiatives

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities.

H.H.S. to Expand Faith-Based Addiction Programs for Homeless

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said addiction is a “spiritual disease” that calls out for the involvement of religious organizations.

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Social networks face big tobacco moment over addiction cases

Facebook, Google and other tech giants for more than a decade have rejected allegations that they build products deliberately to get kids addicted to social media.