YouTube rejects addiction claims in landmark social media trial

YouTube and Meta -- the parent company of Instagram and Facebook -- are defendants in a blockbuster trial in Los Angeles that could set a legal precedent on whether social media juggernauts deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children. "It's not social media addiction when it's not social media and it's not addiction," lawyer Luis Li told the 12 jurors on the second day of arguments. The civil trial in California state court focuses on allegations that a 20-year-old woman, identified as Kaley G.M....