Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial

A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.

Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety

A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation.

By Cecilia Kang

First Thing: Iran rejects US ceasefire plan and submits its own

Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran has ‘no intention of negotiating for now’. Plus, the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion Good morning. Iran dismissed a US ceasefire proposal on Wednesday and responded with its own negotiation plan as intermediaries sought to keep diplomatic channels between the warring countries open. What is the toll? The US-Israel war on Iran has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon, more than 1,500 in Iran and 16 in Israel, according to each country’s...

By Clea Skopeliti

Iran rejects U.S. peace plan. And, jury finds Meta, Google to blame in addiction trial

Iran rejects a U.S. proposal to end the war and counters with a different peace plan. And, a jury finds Meta and Google negligent in a trial over social media's harms.

By Brittney Melton

Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a bellwether for numerous similar cases. Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety.

By FRANCE24

Jury finds Meta and Google liable in social media addiction trial

The decision came after more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days and more than a month since jurors heard opening statements in the trial.

Landmark social media addiction trial: What did US jury decide in case against Meta and Google? - The Straits Times

Landmark social media addiction trial: What did US jury decide in case against Meta and Google?  The Straits Times

Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta META.O and Alphabet’s GOOGL.O Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a bellwether for numerous similar cases. The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, […]

US jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman because of an addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay $6 million in damages, including $3 million in punitive damages.

By RFI

US jury verdicts against Meta, Google tee up fight over tech liability shield

What Meta and Google’s guilty verdict in social media harms trial means to users

The guilty verdict marks a historic acknowledgment that social media platforms’ addictive design features can directly harm young users, setting a legal precedent that could reshape accountability and regulation worldwide

By Gelo Gonzales

US jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial - standardmedia.co.ke

US jury finds Meta, YouTube liable in social media addiction trial  standardmedia.co.ke