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Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

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A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for building “addiction machines” that harmed a child. The court awarded $3 million in damages, ordering Meta to pay 70 percent of the award. The decision highlights the platforms’ failure to warn users about the dangers of their design features.

Written from all 6 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. Hacker News·
    Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case
  2. TechMeme·
    Social media addiction trial: a Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
  3. Hacker News·
    Meta and Google found liable in social media addiction trial
  4. TechMeme·
    The jury in LA's social media trial finds Meta and YouTube harmed a young user via addictive design features and orders them to pay her $3M; Meta will pay 70% (New York Times)
  5. TechCrunch·
    Jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial
  6. The Verge·
    Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
  7. Engadget·
    Jury rules against Meta and YouTube in social media addiction case
  8. The Next Web·
    Jury finds Meta and YouTube built ‘addiction machines’ that harmed a child, awards $3 million in landmark trial
  9. Hacker News·
    Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids
  10. Hacker News·
    Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Social-Media Addiction Trial

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