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Lauren Feiner
We’re outside the courthouse where Meta and Google are fighting social media addiction claims.

I’m in downtown Los Angeles where a state judge is hearing the first of several landmark trials about how social media allegedly harmed a teen girl going by K.G.M. We expect to hear from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week.

A shot of the LA Superior Court building, a large white building with a green lawn.
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