Meta, YouTube design apps to addict kids, jury hears as landmark trial begins

Meta Platforms ​and YouTube deliberately designed products they knew would addict children, a lawyer for a woman suing the two companies told jurors in California ⁠on Monday at a trial that will test whether Big Tech platforms can be held liable for their app design.

The 20-year-old woman identified as Kaley G.M. in court is suing Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube.