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Some verdicts are in, but the jury's still out on the future of social media.

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I'm Megan McCarty Carino.

Last week in Los Angeles, a jury found Meta and YouTube liable for knowingly designing addictive products that harm children.

The day before, a jury in New Mexico found Meta violated state law and misled consumers about child safety features.

These verdicts could herald a legal reckoning for social media platforms.

But there are still some big outstanding questions, says Eric Goldman, co-director at Santa Clara University's High Tech Law Institute.

Right, because there are thousands of other pending cases against these social media giants.

What does this mean for those cases?

So there also was this New Mexico jury case that found Meta liable for misleading consumers about its app's guardrails.

Is this another one of those data points?

Is there a commonality there?

We'll be right back.

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