Social Media Contributed To Mental Health Issues, Jury Hears

By Craig Clough ( February 25, 2026, 10:39 PM EST) -- A therapist who treated the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial alleging Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health told a California jury Wednesday that social media use contributed to the plaintiff's struggles, while acknowledging that social media addiction is not a diagnosis formally recognized in her field....

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