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00:02Opening statements began Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in a bellwether trial
00:07accusing Mehta's Instagram and Google's YouTube of deliberately addicting and harming children,
00:12according to CBS News. Plaintiffs allege the platforms use design features to maximize youth
00:18engagement for profit. TikTok and Snap settled earlier for undisclosed sons. The case centers
00:23on a 20-year-old identified as KGM, who began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9.
00:30KGM claims early exposure worsened her mental health. Plaintiffs presented internal documents
00:36comparing platform design to casinos and drugs. Mehta and Google dispute the claims and cite
00:41existing safeguards. Judge Carolyn V. Cole instructed jurors to continue using social media during the
00:47expected eight-week trial, but not to change their behavior, settings, or accounts on any platforms.
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