As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech's invincibility starts to show cracks - AP News

As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech's invincibility starts to show cracks  AP News

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.

Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment?

Back-to-back courtroom losses have put technology giants, including Meta and Google, in uncertain territory as they face lawsuits and bans on teen users.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount

Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children

Prime minister says UK must do more to regulate against potential harms after landmark ruling in US court Sir Keir Starmer has said he will tackle “addictive features” in social media amid increasing signs the UK government is preparing to crackdown on risks to children after a landmark US court verdict which held Meta and YouTube responsible for harms caused by designing addictive technology. The prime minister said the verdict in a California court signals a rising public expectation for mo...

By Robert Booth UK technology editor

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

Jury finds Meta, YouTube liable for social media addiction: What we know

Jury recommends Google and Meta pay $6m damages in landmark social media addiction lawsuit.

Meta's court defeats add to Zuckerberg's recent woes, represent 'watershed event' for social media

Meta suffered stinging defeats in two separate trials involving child safety that underscore shifting public sentiment toward the social media industry.

Google’s TurboQuant AI advance dents memory-chip stocks, but analysts say ‘buy the dip’

A new artificial intelligence algorithm developed by Google that could reduce demand for memory chips triggered a slump in global memory stocks, but analysts said it presented an opportunity for investors to “buy the dip”. Shares in memory giants including Samsung and SK Hynix fell after Google said in a blog post on Tuesday that the algorithm, called TurboQuant, reduced the memory demands of key-value (KV) caches – a crucial component of how AI models are served to users – by six times throu...

By Vincent Chow

Meta and YouTube verdict: Social media shakedown or a bellwether?

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, March 26: We look at reactions after Meta and YouTube were found guilty of social media harms in what is being hailed as a "landmark" trial. Will it give impetus to thousands of other lawsuits in the waiting? Also: Italy's Giorgia Meloni headed to Algeria in a lightning-quick diplomatic visit aimed at securing gas supplies. Plus: Vogue's publisher Conde Nast goes to court with a canine magazine called... Dogue.

By Dheepthika LAURENT

Meta, Google risk big tobacco-like fallout after addiction trial

'This is going to be the era of products liability,' said Jess Miers, an assistant professor at the University of Akron School of Law

By Bloomberg News

Meta, Google Risk Big Tobacco-Like Fallout After Addiction Trial

Instagram and YouTube social media addiction trial: What Meta and Google have to say

Two recent jury verdicts have placed social media companies like Meta and Google on notice, suggesting potential product liability for harm to minors. A New Mexico jury awarded $375 million against Meta for exposing minors to harmful content, while a California jury awarded $6 million against Meta and YouTube for contributing to a young woman's mental health struggles.

By TOI TECH DESK

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

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

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 META.O and Alphabet’s GOOGL.O 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 […]

By newsroom

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

Woman pleads not guilty in shooting at Rihanna’s LA home

The woman alleged to have shot up Rihanna's luxury Los Angeles home pleaded not guilty to attempted murder when she appeared in court on Wednesday, as details emerged of a nea...

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