NEW IBERIA, La. (NEWS 15) — A California jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeking to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services. The landmark verdict is being closely watched by a New Iberia couple who lost their teenage daughter to suicide.
Jurors agreed that Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, and Google-owned YouTube should pay a 20-year-old woman a total of $6 million in damages. The woman said she became addicted to social media as a child and that addiction made her mental health struggles worse.
The case was being closely watched by New Iberia parents Brandy and Toney Roberts. The couple lost their 14-year-old daughter, Englyn, to suicide in 2020 and say she was addicted to social media…