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Juries weigh the harm to children while lawmakers consider social media age restrictions

A child holds a tablet displaying the Instagram logo in an arranged photograph. California lawmakers have proposed banning social media for those under 16 while a jury in Los Angeles considers the possible harmful effects of the social networks on young people.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

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By Kurt Wagner

March 19, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Kurt Wagner reports on the growing view that social media networks are harmful to young people.

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