Constitutional Law
May 7, 2026
Meta, Google challenge landmark addiction verdict, seek new trial
Meta and Google seek to overturn a $6 million social media addiction verdict, arguing Section 230 and First Amendment bar liability for alleged harms from platform features.
Meta and Google contend the $6 million verdict in the first minors' social media addiction trial "cannot stand" because jurors were allowed to impose liability for alleged mental health harms tied to third-party content and platform features they say are protected by the First Amendment.
"Even setting aside these threshold legal bars, the verdict fails on the evidence. Plaintiff's own specific causation expert conceded it was 'impossible' to determine...
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