'We're having a moment' - fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial

"It was a clean sweep with respect to liability against both Google and Meta."

— Jayne Conroy , Executive

"The tech firms spend more on lobbying and more on PR than any other sector in the world."

— Bruce Daisley , Executive

""I had become 'addicted' to social media since I was a child.""

— Kaley (K.G.M.) , Other

"Social media companies deliberately design their platforms to keep kids hooked, consequences to their mental and physical health be damned. The momentum for change is no longer building. It's here."

— James P. Steyer , Activist

"She showed extraordinary courage bringing this case and telling her story in open court."

— Kaley , Activist

"she became addicted to YouTube at age six and Instagram at nine, which she said had deleterious effects on her wellbeing"

— KGM , Other

"How do you make a child never put down the phone? That’s called the engineering of addiction."

— KGM , Other