Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue Estelle.Bronkhorst Thu, 03/19/2026 - 12:00 LOS ANGELES - Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users. Since jury deliberations began on March 13, the jury sent questions to the judge related to the plaintiff's family troubles as well as how much she actually used Meta-owned Instagram as a child. The verdict could turn on the question of whether family and other real-world trauma, or YouTube and Meta apps such as Instagram, were to blame for mental woes of the woman who filed the suit. A 20-year-old California woman identified as Kaley G.M. testified at trial that YouTube and Instagram fueled her depression and suicidal thoughts as a child, telling jurors that she became obsessed with social media, starting with YouTube videos, when she was six. Under cross-examination, however, Kaley also talked about feeling neglected, berated and picked on by family members. A jury form given to jurors asks the panel to decide whether Meta or YouTube should have known their services posed a danger to children or if they were negligent in design. If so, jurors
