"Social media companies will have to answer to a jury for the first time for allegations that their products are intentionally addictive and harmful to young users' mental health. Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts sued Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube, leading to a series of landmark trials that began this week. Jury selection in the first case started on Tuesday in Los Angeles court."
"The companies lay blame on the victims, plaintiffs' lawyers and supporters say: The tech companies blame parents for not being good parents, said Sacha Haworth, executive director of the Tech Oversight Project, which has been involved in advocacy work for the plaintiffs. Their experience has shown that you can be the best parent in the world you can have conversations, you can limit screen time, you can turn on the bullshit parental controls and your kid still dies."
Jury selection began in Los Angeles as landmark cases allege that social media products are intentionally addictive and harmful to young users' mental health. Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts sued Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube, prompting roughly 22 bellwether trials. The initial case involves a 20-year-old identified by initials KGM who alleges physical and emotional harm after addiction beginning at age 10. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify. Both sides plan to call experts to argue the science of social-media addiction. Snap and TikTok settled with the plaintiff in the first case, leaving Meta and YouTube to stand trial. Outcomes could influence future litigation and platform practices.
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