Mar. 26 at 12:31 AM
$SPY A 20-year-old woman prevailed in a landmark social-media trial against Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube in which the companies were accused of designing their apps to be addictive and harmful to adolescents.
A jury found Instagram’s owner
$META and
YouTube
$GOOGL negligent for operating a product that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn about those dangers. The decision dealt a blow to the companies that have historically been shielded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The jury ordered the companies to pay
$3 million to the plaintiff, named Kaley G.M., who testified that social-media use that started before she was a teenager had dominated her life for years and had contributed to mental health issues including anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia. The jury also said Meta and YouTube should pay another
$3 million in punitive damages.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/meta-and-youtube-lose-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/ar-AA1ZowPz?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69c44ece1878416291ea2952ec98d31c&ei=9