Plaintiffs' attorney Mark Lanier speaks to journalists outside the Los Angeles Superior Court as jury deliberations pause for the day in a trial over whether social media platforms were designed to be addictive to children, March 24, 2026. Jurors resume deliberations on March 24 in a landmark social media trial after signaling that they were having trouble agreeing when it comes to one of the two defendants, Meta and YouTube. "The jury has difficulty coming to a consensus regarding one defendant, do you have any advice on how to move forward?" the jurors told Judge Carolyn Kuhl, according to a note she read out loud. Kuhl responded by asking the jurors to continue their deliberations."If you are unable to reach a verdict, the case will have to be applied before another jury selected in the same manner and from the same community from which you were chosen, and add additional cost to everyone," she told the jurors. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)