{"id":898749,"date":"2026-04-12T13:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/verdicts-against-meta-youtube-raise-hopes-of-a-reckoning-on-child-safety\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:19:34","slug":"verdicts-against-meta-youtube-raise-hopes-of-a-reckoning-on-child-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/verdicts-against-meta-youtube-raise-hopes-of-a-reckoning-on-child-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdicts against Meta, YouTube raise hopes of a reckoning on child safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-ui=\"container\" id=\"fusion-app\">\n<header>\n<div data-test-ui=\"header\" id=\"masthead-header\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/\" data-ref-page-element=\"null:nav:1:home\" aria-label=\"go to homepage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/pf\/resources\/logos\/default.svg?d=1026\" width=\"306\" height=\"52\" alt=\"NZ Herald\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav><\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"main\" role=\"main\" data-test-ui=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article data-test-ui=\"v2-article v2-article--sidebar-hidden\">\n<section data-test-ui=\"v2-article-section-top\">\n<header data-test-ui=\"article__header\" data-ref-group=\"header\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"article__header-info\" data-ref-group=\"author\">\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"author--name\">Ian Duncan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"distributor--name\">Washington Post<\/span><span data-test-ui=\"distributor-meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><time data-test-ui=\"author-display--date\">25 Mar, 2026 06:32 PM<\/time><span data-test-ui=\"author-read-time\"><span><\/span>6 mins to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-ui=\"hero-container\">\n<p data-test-ui=\"hero-wrapper\">\n<figure data-test-ui=\"hero-figure\"><figcaption>Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, pictured arriving at the landmark social media addiction trial in February. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, pictured arriving at the landmark social media addiction trial in February. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<section data-test-ui=\"article-top-body\">\n<p class>A Los Angeles jury delivered a rare verdict against Silicon Valley giants on Wednesday \u2013 the second finding in two days \u2013 boosting hopes of safety advocates that courts will deliver a long-sought reckoning over social media\u2019s harms to children.<\/p>\n<p class>\n         <span>The jury found social media company Meta, the operator of<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/world\/meta-and-youtube-found-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-case\/IZNZW5QEFFG6FAC362QDQD7LZA\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Duncan Washington Post\u00b7 25 Mar, 2026 06:32 PM6 mins to read Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, pictured arriving at the landmark social media addiction trial in February. 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