Big Tech CEOs to Testify in Court for the First Time
As a young teenager, KGM would spend “every waking hour” scrolling through social media. She felt incapable of stopping, even though her feeds were full of content that distressed her—sexual harassment from older men, bullying from peers, hateful comments from strangers, content promoting self-harm or restrictive eating…
This content was destroying KGM’s mental health, even fueling suicidal thoughts. Yet the young girl clung to her phone like a lifeline.
KGM’s sister explained, “Whenever my mom would take her phone away … she would have a meltdown like someone had died.”
“I wish I never downloaded it,” KGM declared. “I wish I never got it in the first place.”
This is the harrowing and, unfortunately, all too common story of one of the plaintiffs in the 2026 Social Media Addiction Trials.
These trials are a combination of suits from over 1,800 plaintiffs, including families, school districts, and local and state governments and AGs. All allege that Big Tech companies deliberately designed their products to addict children, while knowing full well the scale of harm this caused to their mental health.
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or the first time, the CEOs and top executives of these companies will need to stand in court and answer for what their products have done to children. Mark Zuckerberg himself is set to testify.
📝 Read all about these groundbreaking trials in this blog.
