Google's YouTube settles over social media harm to kids

YouTube on a mobile phone
A woman ‌told a trial she became a YouTube addict at a young age due its attention-grabbing design. -EPA

YouTube and its parent company Google have settled with a minor who ‌claimed the platform caused mental health harms ahead of ‌a second trial over claims the design of social media sites has ‌fuelled a youth mental health crisis.

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