"The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of the platforms' algorithms left her addicted to social media and negatively affected her mental health. The defendants include Meta - which owns Instagram and Facebook - TikTok's owner ByteDance and YouTube parent Google. Snapchat settled with the plaintiff last week. The closely-watched case at Los Angeles Superior Court is the first in a wave of such lawsuits,"
""Unfortunately, there are all too many kids in the United States, the UK, and around the world who are suffering as KGM does because of the dangerous and addictive algorithms that the social media platforms foist on unsuspecting kids," he said. "These companies are going to have to explain to a jury why their profits were more important than the lives of our young people.""
KGM is a 19-year-old who alleges platform algorithm design caused addiction and harmed her mental health. Defendants include Meta (Instagram, Facebook), ByteDance (TikTok) and Google (YouTube). Snapchat reached a settlement. The trial at Los Angeles Superior Court is the first of a wave of lawsuits that could challenge legal theories used by tech firms to avoid culpability. The dispute focuses on design choices such as algorithms and notifications rather than third-party content. Named companies contend the plaintiff’s evidence does not prove responsibility for harms including depression and eating disorders, signaling a potential shift in US legal treatment of tech firms.
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