Victoria Hinks holds up a picture of her late daughter Alexandria "Owl" Hinks, who was a victim of social media platforms, outside the Spring Street Courthouse, Los Angeles Superior Court, in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
FILE - A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
Lori Schott, second from right, holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, beside others after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Linda Singer, an attorney representing the state, and Donald Migliori, attorney with the law firm MotleyRice celebrate after the jury reached a verdict against Meta for violated state consumer protection laws and ordering the social media company to pay $375 million in damages to the state, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Nathan Burton/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
Victoria Hinks holds up a picture of her late daughter Alexandria "Owl" Hinks, who was a victim of social media platforms, outside the Spring Street Courthouse, Los Angeles Superior Court, in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
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FILE - A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
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Lori Schott, second from right, holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, beside others after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
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FILE - External view of the Google building in Chelsea on Thursday, Oct. 09, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kena Betancur, File)
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Linda Singer, an attorney representing the state, and Donald Migliori, attorney with the law firm MotleyRice celebrate after the jury reached a verdict against Meta for violated state consumer protection laws and ordering the social media company to pay $375 million in damages to the state, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Nathan Burton/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
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Visitors take photos at a sign outside Meta headquarters on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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People walk through Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Workers pass a sign at YouTube headquarters on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in San Bruno, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Meta headquarters is pictured on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. In New Mexico, a jury on Tuesday determined that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.
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