A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
An episode of the Decoder with Nilay Patel podcast, hosted by The Verge, titled "A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?" was published on April 2, 2026 and runs 51 minutes.
April 2, 2026 ·51m · Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode Description
Today, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech — one in California against Meta and Google, and another in New Mexico against just Meta.
These are complicated cases with some huge repercussions for both how these platforms work and the very nature of speech in America. So we’ve brought on two heavy hitters: my friend Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork, as well as Verge senior policy reporter Lauren Feiner, who’s been covering these trials since the beginnin...
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