‘About bloody time’: Prince Harry welcomes landmark suits against major tech companies

In speech in Washington DC, Harry spoke of ‘harrowing stories’ of how time on tech giants’ platforms led to ‘grave and irreversible harm’

The Duke of Sussex has welcomed two landmark lawsuits against major tech companies, declaring: “Finally, some truth and accountability has arrived.”

In a speech in Washington DC to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) global summit on privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity law, Prince Harry said he had done a “deep dive into the tech-fuelled world in which my children – all our children – are growing up in”.

He spoke of “harrowing stories” of how time spent on the big tech companies’ platforms had led to “grave and irreversible harm”.

Referring to the two cases last week, which saw a New Mexico jury order Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties and a Los Angeles jury order Meta and YouTube to pay $6m damages to a 20-year-old woman, Harry said: “About bloody time!”