Verdicts against Meta, YouTube validate concerns long raised by parents, child safety advocates
- Posted on March 26, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Verdicts against Meta, YouTube validate concerns long raised by parents, child safety advocates

For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide.