A Bad Week For Social Media Giants

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

For the first time, a jury has looked past Section 230 protections to hold Meta and Google liable for the "addictive" design of their platforms. Following a bellwether trial in Los Angeles, a 20-year-old woman was awarded millions in damages after jurors found the tech giants acted with "malice, oppression, or fraud." Former prosecutor and FOX News contributor Josh Ritter joins the Rundown to break down the internal "smoking gun" documents—where employees compared social media to drug pushing—and discusses what this means for the thousands of similar cases waiting in the wings. The U.S. justice system is bracing for an unprecedented legal battle as Nicolás Maduro faces federal charges in New York for allegedly leading a sprawling narcoterrorism conspiracy. Former state and federal prosecutor Jim Trusty joins to discuss the unique challenges of this international case, including the struggle to fund a private defense under federal sanctions, the legal hurdles of using classified evidence, and why the military-backed "Cartel of the Suns" makes a traditional trial or plea deal highly complex. Plus, commentary by David Marcus, columnist for FOX News Digital. PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.1	I'm Mark Tieson.
1:01.0	I'm Dana Perino.
1:02.0	I'm Brett Baer, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
1:08.2	Thursday, March 26th, 20206. I'm Jessica Rosenthal. It's been a rough week for social media companies
1:14.6	who've been found liable for teenagers' addiction to their platforms. Meadow was also found in
1:19.2	violation of New Mexico law in a child exploitation trial. They were creating something that was
1:24.8	addictive, that was causing emotional and mental damage to people,
1:29.7	but in particular that that was causing damage and was addictive to young people, the most vulnerable
1:35.0	amongst us. That is something that's going to be disturbing to jurors. I'm Dave Anthony.
1:41.3	Nicholas Maduro is due in court today in New York, facing drug and terror
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