Meta and Google are liable to pay $3 million in damages to the plaintiff, only identified as a 20-year-old woman named K.G.M.

The verdict in a landmark lawsuit over addictive social media design—and a wave of similar cases against Meta, YouTube, ...

Emily Jeffcot, one of the lawyers for the plaintiff, on why this trial was so significant - and what happens next ...

Meta stock fell on Thursday after the Facebook and Instagram parent company lost a major court case about social media ...

Meta and YouTube were found liable in a landmark Los Angeles lawsuit for "engineered addiction" and harming a child's mental ...

Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., was in college when her father was "raking up thousands of dollars of debt" while battling a crippling gambling addiction she says was brought on by medication to treat his ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...

Chris Gilkey’s journey into the world of addiction support began with a deeply personal experience. Having witnessed the struggles of friends and family members battling addiction, he recognized a ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday lamented a nationwide “spiritual malaise” as he unveiled new plans to tackle the nation’s ...

Social media could fundamentally shift our understanding of what is and isn't "addictive." Tech companies are back in court...and likely will be for a while. A wave of lawsuits allege that platforms - ...

A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their social media platforms, producing a bellwether ...