Jury Can't Decide Meta's Fate What Happens Next #MetaTrial #Legal
March 25, 2026
AI Summary
5 min readThe latest Cyber Crime Junkies episode opens with a book promotion before diving into a developing trial where juries are grappling with whether Meta and YouTube engineered addiction in children. Host David Dean Morrow frames this as a pivotal moment for parents, drawing parallels to past corporate accountability cases.
New Book on Cybercrime Victimhood
Morrow announces the release of Moving Target: The Art of Online Camouflage, the first book in a trilogy based on three years of research and over 400 interviews. The story centers on Stevie Parker, depicted as a successful leader, mother, and daughter who "does everything right" until cybercriminals manipulate her into common online mistakes—mirroring errors many people make weekly. The narrative follows her journey to "get out of range," with book one now available on Amazon and book two slated for summer. Morrow emphasizes that "we are all Stevie Parker," urging listeners to start with the first book, leave Amazon reviews, and check the description link for details. This real-life account underscores everyday vulnerabilities to online threats, positioning the book as an extension of the podcast's true crime focus.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:10) **Meta and YouTube Child Addiction Trial Update**
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Show Notes
Ever notice that the company whose entire business model depends on you never putting your phone down is now in court defending itself for... making you never put your phone down?
Meta is on trial in Los Angeles. Not for a data breach. Not for a hack. For allegedly engineering their platforms to be as addictive as possible, specifically targeting kids.
And here's what nobody's talking about: this isn't a bug. The engagement algorithms, the infinite scroll, the dopamine loops, the notification design. That was the product. You were never the customer. You were the inventory.
The trial is exposing internal documents that suggest they knew. They measured it. They optimized it anyway.
So the next time a 14 year old can't put their phone down at dinner, just remember. That's not a parenting failure. That might be an engineering success.
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Exciting announcement for our podcast listeners. Our non-fiction True crime Book MOVING TARGET: ART OF ONLINE CAMOFLAUGE was just published. Three years. 400+ interviews. A new trilogy. Book 1 is out now, available on Amazon, We are all Stevie Parker.
Moving Target: The Art of Online Camouflage is available now https://a.co/d/01fq72zj
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