Social Media Crackdown: Verdicts Fuel Age Bans Worldwide

The Signal

A Los Angeles jury just slapped Meta and Alphabet's YouTube with liability in a landmark trial, ruling they knowingly built addictive features that wrecked kids' mental health. According to reports from ABC News and The Nation, this isn't some slap-on-the-wrist fine—it's validation that endless scrolls and notifications were engineered to hook young brains like digital candy. The $6 million payout might seem puny for trillion-dollar giants, but it's the first crack in the...