Meta & YouTube Held Liable for Young User Harm

0:00It's March 25. This is entertainment and celebrity news to day pop culture, powered by AI. A California jury just held meta and YouTube responsible in a groundbreaking lawsuit over harm to young users on their platforms, awarding the plaintiff $3 million in damages. After more than 40 hours of deliberation over 9 days, the jurors ruled that both companies were negligent in how they designed and ran there. Services and that this played a big role in the 20-year-old woman's childhood addiction and worsening mental health struggles. She told the court she started on YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9, using them all day long as a kid while features like endless feeds. And notifications kept her hooked. TikTok and Snap had already settled out of court before the trial. Meta and YouTube pushed back, highlighting her tough home life and built in safety tools, but the jury sided with her team. Now, since they found malicious conduct, punitive damages are up next after reviewing more evidence.

1:03This bell-weathered trial sets the stage for thousands of similar cases, drawing parallels to fights against tobacco and opioids as victims' families. Keep pressing tech companies to change.