Judge Continues Bellwether ‘Addiction’ Trial Against Meta, Social Media Platforms

( February 20, 2026, 2:21 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California state court judge issued a minute order continuing a bellwether jury trial against Meta Platforms Inc. and related entities and other social media companies including TikTok Ltd., Google LLC and YouTube LLC, alleging that the defendants “had a duty to disclose dangerous and defective features that cause foreseeable harm to children and teens” and should have known about the risks of “addiction.”...