Meta, YouTube Verdict Escalates Calls for Teen Social Media Limits

The push to protect children from social media’s harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech’s home turf in the US.

A groundbreaking Los Angeles jury verdict last week found Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google negligent in the design and operation of their popular platforms — saying they harmed a young user with products created to be addictive. Now, several states including California are getting serious about potential regulation to limit young people on social media, following a trend that’s accelerated in recent months around the world.