Bobby Allen

A core question of the trial is whether tech companies should be found legally liable for designing social media apps in ways that have harmed or worsened users' mental health.

Silicon Valley has long avoided legal repercussions thanks to a federal shield known as Section 230.

It makes it hard to sue tech companies for content users' posts.

But this trial is framing social media platforms as a defective product designed knowing the harms they could cause.

Zuckerberg is expected to emphasize Meta's safeguards for teens.

The outcome of this trial could shape 1,600 other social media addiction cases still pending.

Bobby Allen, NPR News.

Meta and Google have told jurors social media is not clinically addictive.

Packing the courtroom are grieving parents whose children have died from self-harm the parents linked to social media use.

Like Ellen Room, who traveled from England.

She comes to court with a framed photo of her 14-year-old son, Jules.

The trial is a test case for more than a thousand other pending cases blaming social media apps for addictive design features.

Meta says it's long prioritized child safety.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify next week.

Bobby Allen, NPR News, Los Angeles.

Israeli officials say a military reservist and a civilian have been indicted on charges of bribery and obstruction of justice.

Authorities didn't reveal what the bets were exactly or how much the individuals allegedly made.

Former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Joe Grunfest says the incident has likely put militaries around the world on edge.

Last month, a Polymarket trader made $400,000 for predicting Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro would be toppled.

It did not trigger criminal charges.