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Judge bars graphic evidence, allows bullying, usage data in US social media trial

By Maria Dinzeo ( January 7, 2026, 19:15 GMT | Insight) -- As social media companies prepare to face a California jury over whether their allegedly addictive algorithms harmed teens, a Los Angeles judge has drawn evidentiary lines that will shape the scope of testimony jurors will hear in what is expected to be an eight-week trial.A California judge has drawn evidentiary lines around what jurors will, and will not, hear when Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap go to trial later this month over claims that their platforms’ allegedly addictive designs harmed teens’ mental health....

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