Jury holds Meta and Google liable for role in young woman's mental health issues
Source: NPR
A California jury on Wednesday found that Meta and Google were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child, awarding her $3 million in a rare verdict holding Silicon Valley accountable for its role in fueling a youth mental health crisis.
The jurors concluded that Meta and Google should pay the woman $3 million in compensatory damages, with Meta on the hook for 70% of that amount.
The jury also decided that Meta and Google's actions should trigger punitive damages, which means there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are appropriate to punish the multi-trillion-dollar companies for their conduct.
As the verdict was read, the plaintiff, known only as Kaley, looked on straight ahead stony-faced, while her lawyers shook their head in approval. The lawyers for Meta and Google did not react to the jury's decision.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict
Very much looking forward to Zuck spending the next several years in court rooms around the country getting his ass handed to him over and over again.
— Molly Knight (@mollyknight.bsky.social) 2026-03-25T17:43:06.873Z
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