Mar. 18, 2026
Jurors revisit defense evidence in social media addiction trial deliberations
Jurors in the first social media addiction bellwether trial requested key defense testimony and audio evidence, signaling close scrutiny of causation arguments as deliberations continue in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Los Angeles jurors deliberating in the first social media addiction bellwether trial signaled a focus on key defense evidence Tuesday, asking to rehear testimony from a YouTube engineer about gaps in the plaintiff's user data and to review an audio clip highlighted during Meta Platforms' closing argument.
The questions were raised to Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl on the landmark case's third day of deliberations.
At stake is a novel "product defect...
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