
Attorney Paul Schmidt (C) representing Meta, arrives at Los Angeles Superior Court during the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children, in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. Jurors resumed deliberations on March 24 in a landmark social media trial after signaling that they were having trouble agreeing when it comes to one of the two defendants, Meta and YouTube. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

