YouTube has appealed the landmark social media addiction verdict, joining Meta. Its argument: YouTube is not a social media platform.
YouTube has a curious line of defence against the finding that it helped hook a child on its app. It says it is not a social media platform at all.
The Google-owned video service has appealed the landmark verdict in a Los Angeles social media addiction case, the Associated Press reported. Its lawyers filed a notice of appeal on Monday, less than a week after Meta, the other defendant, filed its own.
The case centred on a 20-year-old woman, named in court only as Kaley. She said she grew addicted to social media as a child, and that it damaged her mental health. In March, a jury agreed that negligence by both YouTube and Meta was a substantial factor in that harm.
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