NV Attorney General Aaron Ford announced his office has filed a civil action against social media platform YouTube, as well as its corporate parents Google LLC and Alphabet Inc., for harms that the company has caused to Nevada youth. The lawsuit alleges that, through deliberate product design choices and public misrepresentations, YouTube has created a highly addictive and harmful platform that it targets directly at Nevada’s youth. These addictive features are alleged to cause and encourage harms like problematic internet usage and addiction; depression, anxiety and negative body image; and harm to children’s physical health and well-being. "One of the core responsibilities of my office is consumer protection, and there may be no more important consumers than Nevada’s youth. Today’s litigation is a necessary step to ensure that our state’s youth are not exploited by social media platforms and that they can grow into adults without the addictive and harmful impacts that these platforms can cause. I will take every step to protect the children in our great state, and that includes holding accountable those who exploit and harm our youth.” – AG Ford