Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google’s YouTube are defending themselves in a Los Angeles courtroom against accusations that they intentionally designed their platforms to addict young users, as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial that could reshape how social media companies operate.

CBS News reports that the trial, which commenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court, represents one of several major legal challenges confronting the world’s largest social media companies this year. The plaintiffs allege that Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube deliberately created addictive features that harm children who use…

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