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Youth's self-esteem cratered after Meta, YouTube use, she tells Calif. court

By Maria Dinzeo ( February 26, 2026, 23:28 GMT | Insight) -- The 20-year-old woman claiming Meta and YouTube got her hooked on their platforms as a child and harmed her mental health testified Thursday in the first ever jury trial against the two companies, detailing an all-consuming obsession with getting "likes," comments and subscribers to her YouTube page and Instagram account.The 20-year-old woman at the center of the first jury trial accusing Meta and YouTube of designing addictive platforms testified Thursday that her childhood use of the apps spiraled into an all-consuming fixation on accumulating "likes," comments and YouTube subscribers, a pursuit she says damaged her mental health....

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