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The case in California State Court is the first in a wave of lawsuits against social media companies brought by more than 1,000 individuals, school districts, and state attorneys general.
They accuse the companies of designing their apps to be nearly impossible for kids to put down, leading to mental health problems.
Jurors in the Los Angeles trial will be presented with thousands of pages of internal documents from Meta, YouTube, and TikTok.
They'll also hear from the teenage plaintiff and executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The companies dispute the claims and say a direct link between social media and mental health problems has not been proven.
The case in California State Court is the first in a wave of lawsuits against social media companies brought by more than 1,000 individuals, school districts, and state attorneys general.
They accuse the companies of designing their apps to be nearly impossible for kids to put down, leading to mental health problems.
Jurors in the Los Angeles trial will be presented with thousands of pages of internal documents from Meta, YouTube, and TikTok.
They'll also hear from the teenage plaintiff and executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The companies dispute the claims and say a direct link between social media and mental health problems has not been proven.
Yeah.
So this case in California state court is being brought by a teenage plaintiff known as KGM.
She says she started using social media at age 10 and she says her excessive use led to mental health problems, including depression and body dysmorphia.
Now, the defendants in this case are Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.
And so this trial is going to be a rare look inside how some of the most popular and powerful social media platforms operate.
Jurors are going to be presented with thousands of pages of internal documents.
That includes research the companies themselves have conducted on children.
They're going to hear from expert witnesses.