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

The verdict against Meta and YouTube is a victory for children – and the US justice system | Austin Sarat

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that Jury verdicts are meant to speak the truth, and today’s verdict in a California courtroom spoke the truth about the pernicious effects of platforms such as Instagram and YouTube on young people in the United States and around the world. The jury found two social media giants, Meta and YouTube, responsible for injuries incurred by a 20-year-old woman over the course of her child...

By Austin Sarat

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

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

Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over harm to children have found Meta and Alphabet’s Google liable, potentially teeing up an appeals fight that could reshape how U.S. law shields tech companies from lawsuits. In California, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday […]

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

Meta court ruling: Big Tech’s Big Tobacco moment has arrived - and the world must pay attention

This week, a California jury shifted the focus from harmful social media content to addictive design — and signalled a global turning point for child safety online, writes Professor Mary Aiken.

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

Israelis have near-total impunity in W. Bank Palestinian killings: Report

Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank in recent years, according to an analysis of legal data and public records by The...

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