Meta & YouTube Found Liable in $3M Lawsuit

0:00On March 25, a jury in the United States just found Meta and YouTube liable in a groundbreaking lawsuit over harm caused to a young user on their platforms. They awarded the plane of $3 million in initial damages after a long trial. The 20-year-old woman started using YouTube at 6 years old and Instagram at 9, spending much of her childhood online, jurors pinned 70% of the responsibility on Meta and 30% on YouTube, pointing to features that kept kids hooked. Both companies defended themselves by highlighting safety tools and her other life challenges, but the verdict stuck. TikTok and Snap had already settled before the trial even started. Now, with findings of malice, the jury will soon deliberate on extra punitive damages which could boost the total award significantly. This case serves as a test for thousands of similar lawsuits against social media giants. As scrutiny builds over addictive designs and child safety, more trials loom, signaling a major shift in how these platforms face accountability for.

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