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For the past month, you may have seen stories about Mark Zuckerberg testifying before a jury—or about judges admonishing people for wearing Meta’s “pervert glasses” in court. Meta and YouTube are on trial in Spring Street Courthouse in Los Angeles, where a jury will soon decide whether they should be held accountable for getting children addicted to social media and affecting their mental health. But much of the coverage of the trial has missed a significant milestone. For the first time, in an instance where social media’s harms are being scrutinized, the First Amendment isn’t part of the discussion.…