"The jury awarded the plaintiffs in the case compensatory damages of $3m. Jurors also awarded punitive damages, which will be decided during the next phase of the trial."
"KGM testified that she became addicted to YouTube at age six and Instagram at nine, which she said had deleterious effects on her wellbeing."
"How do you make a child never put down the phone? That's called the engineering of addiction. They engineered it, they put these features on the phones."
"KGM's lawyers say her experience is emblematic of what tens of thousands of young people have faced on social media and in their offline lives."
A jury ruled that Meta and YouTube are liable for negligence and failure to warn regarding their addictive products, awarding $3 million in damages. The case, the first of its kind, involved testimony from KGM, a young woman who became addicted to social media at a young age, leading to severe mental health issues. Her experiences reflect the struggles faced by many young users. The trial highlighted the deliberate design of addictive features in social media platforms, raising concerns about their impact on youth.
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