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A jury in Los Angeles has found that Meta and YouTube were negligent in a closely-watched trial over social media addiction. The companies were ordered to pay $3 million in damages to the woman who said she was harmed by their addictive features as a child.
The case was brought by a 20-year-old woman, named in court documents as "K.G.M," who sued Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap, saying that she had been harmed by the platforms as a child due to addictive features. TikTok and Snap reached a settlement ahead of the trial.
According to NBC News, Meta was ordered to pay 70 percent of the $3 million in compensatory damages with YouTube taking on the remaining portion. Punitive damages have not yet been decided. "We respectfully disagree with the verdict and are evaluating our legal options," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. "We disagree with the verdict and plan to appeal.," Google spokesperson José Castañeda said in a statement. "This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site."
The weeks-long trial has been closely watched because it's the first of many court cases in which plaintiffs have argued that social media platforms harmed minors due to how they were designed. Meta's lawyers and executives
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