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Parents who lost children to alleged social media–related harms hold a vigil ahead of a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles on February 5.

Lawyers argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial

By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of similar cases to go to trial. The plaintiff — identified by her first name,

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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly steps down, days after massive layoffs gut the newspaper

By Andrew Kirell, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post’s publisher and CEO Will Lewis has abruptly stepped down, just days after the newspaper laid off one-third of its staff, including at least 300 journalists in the newsroom. Post journalists, who believed Lewis had failed to turn around the publication’s fortunes, openly celebrated the

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