Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta Children’s Online Safety Litigation
Bellwether / Tag-AlongK.G.M. v. Meta
Current Status
- First social-media-addiction jury verdict in the country: liability found against Meta and YouTube, returned 3/25/2026. - The jury set compensatory damages at $3M, apportioned 70% to Meta and 30% to YouTube, and added $3M in punitive damages — $2.1M against Meta, $900,000 against YouTube. - Judge Kuhl denied both defendants' motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial on 6/9/2026, and notices of appeal followed in July 2026.
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— Complaint filed — K.G.M. v. Meta
Applies to: K.G.M. v. Meta
Source type not recordedOriginal complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court as P. F., et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., et al., Case No. 23SMCV03371 — a caption the case still carries.
— Ordered as Trial Group 1b (second) — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedCourt's Ruling on Selection/Ordering of Bellwether Trial Plaintiffs designates K.G.M. as the second of three Trial Group 1 plaintiffs, behind Heaven Moore and ahead of R.K.C. Moore's trial was later delayed, so K.G.M. ultimately went to trial first.
— Ruling on K.G.M.'s own motion for summary adjudication — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedThe court rules on K.G.M.'s own motion for summary adjudication, heard alongside the defendants' summary judgment motions and decided on submission.
— Ruling on Meta's motion for summary judgment — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedCourt rules on Meta's motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication, clearing the way for trial on negligence and negligent failure-to-warn theories.
— Snap dismissed with prejudice after settling — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedTwo Requests for Dismissal with prejudice are filed as to Snap, Inc., one by Keanna Glenn-Mills and one by K.G.M. — the same plaintiff under her two designations on this case number — formalising the settlement Snap reached with her on about 1/22/2026. Both are entered 2/4/2026.
— Jury selection began; TikTok settled — K.G.M. v. Meta
Applies to: K.G.M. v. Meta
Source type not recordedJury selection begins in the first bellwether trial of JCCP 5255. TikTok settles with K.G.M. the same day, on confidential terms and without admitting liability, leaving Meta and YouTube to try the case.
— Trial began — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedOpening statements in Los Angeles.
— Meta moves for directed verdict — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedMeta moves for a directed verdict during trial; Plaintiff's opposition filed 3/24/2026, the day before the jury verdict.
— Jury verdict: $6M — K.G.M. v. Meta
Applies to: K.G.M. v. Meta
Source type not recordedThe jury returns the first social-media-addiction verdict in the country. It finds Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of Instagram and YouTube, sets K.G.M.'s compensatory damages at $3M apportioned 70% to Meta and 30% to YouTube, and awards $3M in punitive damages — $2.1M against Meta and $900,000 against YouTube.
— Judgment entered on the verdict — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedFormal judgment entered, roughly two weeks after the 3/25/2026 jury verdict.
— Meta moves for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and a new trial — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedMeta Platforms and Instagram file a Notice of Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and a Notice of Intention to Move for New Trial, challenging the $6M verdict. Their combined memorandum of points and authorities follows on 5/4/2026.
— Post-trial motions denied — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedJudge Kuhl denies both Meta's and YouTube's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, upholding the verdict in full.
— Notices of appeal filed — K.G.M. v. Meta
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Source type not recordedNotice of Appeal/Cross-Appeal filed 7/7/2026; a further Notice of Appeal/Cross-Appeal filed 7/13/2026; Notices of Filing of Notice of Appeal 7/14 and 7/17; Notice Designating Record of Appeal 7/17 and 7/20.