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He’s Just Not That Into YouTube

An important, and frankly disturbing, conversation from Jim Steyer’s Common Sense Media Summit with the attorneys general of New Mexico and California, where landmark cases against Meta and YouTube may presage social media’s Big Tobacco moment.

Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg
In Los Angeles, a panel sided with a young plaintiff who argued that Meta and YouTube engineered their products to be addictive, effectively hooking her with the now-familiar arsenal of infinite scrolls and algorithmic nudges. Photo: Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
March 27, 2026

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This week, Mark Zuckerberg found himself on the receiving end of double-barreled jury rulings in California and New Mexico that penalized the social media giant for harming young users. The landmark cases could set a precedent for holding tech giants accountable for personal injury, and may potentially signal new momentum in the effort to regulate Big Tech.