Social Media Verdict Could Curb Conduct by Litigation: Former US Attorney

Former assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Trusty joined NTD's Jack Bradley to discuss the legal implications of the Los Angeles jury verdict finding Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms to be addictive to children and their negligence providing reasonable warnings.
Published: 3/26/2026, 11:54:00 PM EDT

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Trusty joined NTD's Jack Bradley to discuss the legal implications of the Los Angeles jury verdict finding Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms to be addictive to children and their negligence providing reasonable warnings.

Trusty discussed the legal precedent the case sets for other lawsuits against social media companies, the potential implementation of guardrails, and the parallel with the government's campaign against smoking in the 1990s. Trusty also talked about an appeals court ruling that immigration authorities can detain illegal immigrants without bond, and the implications for immigration enforcement. Trusty also discussed the arguments and implications of another immigration case where two people were de-naturalized for lying about their criminal history on their citizenship application.