Two major court rulings against big social media firms in as many days could be a ”turning point in the fight for the safety of children online”, an Irish charity has said. Jurors found the tech companies to be both negligent and having failed to provide adequate warnings about the potential dangers of their products. The jury awarded the plaintiff in the case damages of $6m (€5.2m), with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder. This lawsuit, over social media’s alleged harm to young people, was the first of its kind to go to trial. The back-to-back verdicts are the first ever to find Meta liable for how its products affect young people.

Source: Irish Examiner March 26, 2026 13:46 UTC