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title: "LA jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial"
description: "The jury awarded about $6 million in total to a 20-year-old plaintiff. The case could set the tone for thousands of similar lawsuits."
url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/jury-meta-youtube-negligent-social-media-addiction
language: en # English
type: news
published: 2026-03-25T17:50:00.000Z
updated: 2026-11-02T02:54:34.000Z
author: "Osamah Ismail"
author_url: https://kurddevelopers.com/en/author/1
section: "Startups"
tags: ["Meta","YouTube","Google","courts","social media"]
sources: ["TechCrunch","The New York Times","NPR"]
image: https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/meta-social-16x9-1-d0a9b626.jpg
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publisher: Kurd Developers
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# LA jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

> The jury awarded about $6 million in total to a 20-year-old plaintiff. The case could set the tone for thousands of similar lawsuits.

![Image: Meta](https://kurddevelopers.com/uploads/2026/11/meta-social-16x9-1-d0a9b626.jpg)

## What happened
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google (owner of YouTube) negligent in a landmark case over **social media addiction**.

The plaintiff, identified as K.G.M. ("Kaley"), is now 20.

## Damages
- **Compensatory damages:** $3 million, with Meta bearing 70%.
- Punitive damages were added afterwards.
- **Totals:** about $4.2 million for Meta and $1.8 million for YouTube.

## Other details
- TikTok and Snap settled with the plaintiff before trial.
- The verdict came one day after Meta lost a child-safety case in New Mexico.
- Meta says it disagrees with the outcome, and both companies are expected to appeal.

## Why it matters
It is one of the first times a jury has found that social media platforms harmed a young user. It could shape thousands of similar cases across the US.

**Sources:** TechCrunch, The New York Times, NPR

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Published by [Kurd Developers](https://kurddevelopers.com/) on 2026-03-25. Cite as: “LA jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial”, Kurd Developers, https://kurddevelopers.com/en/news/jury-meta-youtube-negligent-social-media-addiction