The National Post reports in its Friday, March 27, edition that a pair of successful U.S. civil lawsuits against social media giants this week could mark a "turning point" in society's broader understanding that using their various apps is not harmless and can be harmful and dangerous, especially to children. The Post's Kenn Oliver writes that University of Ottawa's Sachin Marahaj says: "For many years, the model was that this was one of individual responsibility -- it was up to individuals, whether that was children or their parents in this case, to regulate their own use. But increasingly, it's been recognized that that is not really tenable, particularly given the way these apps are designed to maximize engagement and, some would argue, myself included, to be addictive and kind of overwhelm the impulse control of any one person." Prof. Marahaj expects more courts and juries will follow suit, putting increased pressure on the tech behemoths to take responsibility and do something about it. Wednesday in California, a jury decided that Meta and Alphabet's Google were negligent in designing platforms that are detrimental to the mental health of young people and failing to inform users. Meta and Google plan to appeal.