In Los Angeles and New Mexico, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for child safety violations related to their services. The verdicts represent a shift in public perception that social media is detrimental to young people's mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation, and suicide. The Tech Oversight Project's executive director, Sacha Haworth, stated that this verdict vindicates the claims made by parents, teenagers, pediatricians, and educators about the harms they have been reporting for years.