New Delhi, March 27 -- In a pivotal moment that underscored how powerful and immersive social platforms can be for children and teens, a jury in California this week found both Meta and YouTube liable for mental health harms to kids using their services.

The jury's decision in the first-of-its-kind lawsuit - centered on social media addiction - was applauded by doctors and advocates, who say they are hopeful it could eventually lead to industrywide changes.

"I am excited about the outcome of the litigation, in part because we've had basically seen these platforms sort of go unregulated for many years . and they didn't really consider, that much, the effects on children," Carol Vidal, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins ...