India West

In Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial, Meta, YouTube Found Liable

LOS ANGELES, CA – A US jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark case, ruling that their platforms harmed a young user through addictive design features and failed to warn of risks to ...
Reuters

Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict

May 6 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury’s verdict finding the company liable for a woman’s depression in a landmark trial over ...
Fox News

Wake-up call: Landmark social media ruling exposes addictive algorithms as teen survey highlights dangers

A Colorado teenager is sounding the alarm on social media’s impact on young girls after surveying more than 1,000 peers nationwide and finding strong links between platform use and rising rates of ...
9NEWS

Colorado mom finds 'validation' in landmark social media verdicts as national fight for kids' safety grows

MERINO, Colo. — Two jury verdicts in two days this week found major social media companies, Meta and YouTube, liable for harming children who used their platforms. For one Colorado mother, the ...
CNBC

Regulatory pressure to follow after landmark social media verdict: Legal Analyst

William Kovacic, Director, Competition Law Center at George Washington University Law School, says the two recent verdicts against Meta and Google pose a dangerous threat to big tech companies. as ...
WCTV

FSU professor on landmark social media addiction trial

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - It’s the verdict heard across Silicon Valley and beyond. A Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for designing addictive products that have a negative impact ...
Forbes

Inside Landmark Verdict In Social Media Addiction Trial— And What It Means For Future Of Big Tech

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google, the parent companies of Instagram and YouTube, liable of negligence by designing a purposefully addictive app that ultimately contributed to a young girl’s ...
The Conversation

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug

A Los Angeles jury has delivered a landmark verdict: Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms, causing a young woman known in court documents as Kaley, or KGM, to ...
Forbes

Forbes Daily: Meta And Google Face A Landmark Social Media Verdict

A landmark court decision against two social media giants on Wednesday is the latest chapter in the growing backlash over the platforms’ addictive qualities. A jury found Meta and Google, the parent ...
Android Police

Landmark verdict holds Meta and Google liable for addictive by design social media apps

Andy is a seasoned technology journalist with more than 15 years experience in the mobile industry, writing for Digital Trends, Wired, and more. During that time he has reviewed hundreds of ...
KEYT

Local media literacy and mental health advocates applaud landmark social media ruling

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Mental health professionals, media literacy advocates, parents and teens applaud the landmark verdict against social media platforms. The Los Angeles case that held Meta ...