A jury found Meta and Google were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a child. The landmark verdict may influence the outcome of other lawsuits.

Meta and YouTube are appealing a $6 million-plus ruling that held them liable for social media addiction. Meta Platforms Inc.

A Colorado woman whose son died from a fentanyl-laced pill he bought through social media is celebrating a pair of verdicts ...

House committees advanced portions of Gov. JB Pritzker’s legislative agenda on Wednesday, though in many cases lawmakers ...

In the past two years at least 186 young people have been referred to health trusts here after exhibiting harmful sexualised ...

Earlier this week a jury in California this found both Meta and YouTube liable for mental health harms to kids using their ...

Two major court decisions this week are putting new pressure on social media companies and how they protect children.

A major new ruling is putting social media companies under the microscope after a California jury found Meta and YouTube ...

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is ...

A Los Angeles jury, embracing a novel legal theory, awarded $6 million in damages to a young woman this week for her ...

How is mental health being impacted by social media use, and did the jury in the recent case against Meta and YouTube get it ...

For years, parents and advocates have argued that social media is detrimental to young people's mental health. This week, two ...