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Meta, YouTube social-media trial kicks off in LA with divergent views of plaintiff

By Mike Swift ( February 10, 2026, 02:20 GMT | Insight) -- Two very different views of plaintiff K.G.M. were given to the jury as opening statements kicked off in the landmark US trial against Meta Platforms and YouTube over whether they intentionally designed their social-media platforms to be addictive to young users. Plaintiff lawyer Mark Lanier's description of K.G.M. as a innocent teen addicted and harmed by a business model intended to fuel addiction was 180 degrees from Meta lawyer Paul Schmidt's description of K.G.M.s "toxic" family problems, which he told the jury were not caused by social media.The lawyer representing a young woman suing Meta Platforms and Google over the alleged addictive design of their social-media platforms sought to accuse not just the companies, but the “attention economy” that fuels the commercial Internet, as a landmark trial began Monday in Los Angeles....

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