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A Los Angeles jury on March 25, 2026 found Meta and Google liable for designing Instagram and YouTube to be addictive to children, awarding $6 million in damages to a single plaintiff — a verdict that could shape the outcome of more than 2,400 pending lawsuits. Combined with a separate $375 million penalty against Meta in New Mexico the day before, the rulings represent the first successful use of product liability law against social media platforms and threaten to upend the legal framework that has shielded tech companies for decades.