US EditionMeta’s Legal Defeat Could Be a Victory for Children, or a Loss for Everyone
Two juries found Meta and YouTube negligent for creating addictive products harming children, with $6 million awarded and thousands of related cases pending in U.S. courts.
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Meta’s legal defeat could be a victory for children, or a loss for everyone
Is social media not just bad, but illegally bad? Should tech companies pay for making it that way? According to two US juries - and no shortage of outside commentary - the answer to both questions is "yes." Earlier this week, two juries - one in New Mexico, one in Los Angeles - held Meta liable for a total of hundreds of millions of dollars for harming minors. YouTube was also found liable in Los Angeles, and both companies are appealing their l…
Social media ruling could finally push companies to protect our kids | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV
close Video Jury finds Meta & Google negligent in social media addiction trial Jury finds Meta & Google negligent in social media addiction trial NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The tide is finally turning on social media. In just the last two days, two separate juries, in New Mexico and California, have held social media companies accountable for harming kids, for the first time in our history. That’s right, never before has a Un…
Jury Finds Meta’s Platforms Addictive & Harmful To Kids In Landmark Lawsuit
Anadolu/Getty ImagesIt has been a monumental week in Big Tech as the world’s largest social media companies find themselves on the losing end of two landmark lawsuits. On Tuesday, a New Mexico jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, violated the state’s Unfair Practices Act by hiding what it knew about how their platforms negatively impacted children’s mental health, as well as the child exploitation their apps enable…
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NationofChangeMeta & Google Found Liable in Landmark Cases for Knowingly Causing Harm to Young People
Juries in California and New Mexico have found the tech giants Alphabet and Meta liable for knowingly causing harm to children and teens who used their social media platforms. Over the course of the trials, documents revealed that tech companies were well aware of the addictive properties of their social media products and exploited these properties to increase their profits. “They take advantage of the undeveloped frontal cortex of young people
Two landmark rulings in the United States convict Meta and Google of knowingly exposing minors to sexual abuse and addiction to increase profits. Luca Pisapia. In just one day, two landmark rulings in the United States condemn the social media platforms, finding them guilty of particularly serious crimes. Two rulings that, in their own way, could spell the end of social networks as we have always known them. They will serve as the legal basis, a…
A jury in Los Angeles and another in New Mexico concluded that Meta — and in one case, also Google — deliberately designed addictive features with harmful effects on under-age users. And that they concealed or deceived their users about the security of their networks. Decisions, which include millions of compensations, set a precedent and reinforce a shift in focus: from the responsibility of platforms over third-party content to responsibility …
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