Jury Finds Meta, YouTube Negligent in Addiction Trial
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- A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube (Google) negligent, ruling both failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms in a social media addiction trial
- Multiple outlets covering the verdict report the jury awarded $3 million in damages to a plaintiff who became hooked on the apps as a child, marking the first such case to reach a jury
Why it matters: This is the first social media addiction case against Meta and YouTube to reach a jury verdict, and outlets frame it as a potential template for the thousands of similar claims pending against Big Tech platforms.
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