AdvertisementKaley says she began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9 and told the jury she was on social media “all day long” as a child. But the plaintiffs did not have to prove that social media caused Kaley’s struggles — only that it was a “substantial factor” in causing her harm. They argued that YouTube is not a form of social media, but rather a video platform akin to television, and pointed to her declining YouTube use as she got older. AdvertisementMarquez-Garrett said social media companies are “not taking the cancerous talcum powder off the shelves,” likely in reference to a past case that Lanier and his firm worked on, securing a multi-billion-dollar verdict. The trial was one of several that social media companies face this year and beyond.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2026 19:23 UTC