The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles ...

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.

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.

A landmark social media addiction trial resumed Monday with a YouTube executive insisting that the Google-owned company's aim was to give people value, not hook them on harmful binge-viewing.

W. Mark Lanier told a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday that YouTube and Instagram were designed to addict kids, ...

Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube will face claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm ...

In his opening remarks to the jury, a Google attorney said YouTube is not a social media platform — and could not therefore contribute to social media addiction in children.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...