Technology and Youth Mental Health

Jury selection is complete and opening arguments begin today in the first jury trial alleging Meta, TikTok and YouTube designed features that addict young users and harm children’s mental health. Plaintiffs will present thousands of internal documents — including company research and features such as autoplay that they say make the apps "nearly impossible" for kids to put down — while the platforms argue there is no accepted clinical diagnosis of "social media addiction" and deny their products caused the youth mental‑health crisis.