James Holt, senior advisor at Archwell Philantrophies, speaks at the opening of the "Lost Screen Memorial," a large-scale smartphones that features 50 children who have lost their lives to online harm, in Los Angeles, on Febuary 13, 2026. Meta and Google-owned YouTube were accused on February 9, 2026, of pushing highly addictive apps on children as a landmark social media trial began in earnest in a California court. The blockbuster trial in front of a Los Angeles jury could establish a legal precedent on whether the social media juggernauts deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)