Landmark trial “shakes Big Tech to its core”; complaint argued companies knowingly designed addictive products that exposed children to harm.

The companies were ordered to pay $3 million in damages to a 20-year-old woman who brought the lawsuit.

The verdict marks the first time a US state has successfully sued the social media giant over child safety issues.

The tech giant was ordered to pay $375 million in damages by a Santa Fe jury, which found the company prioritized profits over safety and concealed what it knew about the harmful…

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.

En una sentencia pionera, un jurado afirma que la plataforma de vídeo y la matriz de Facebook e Instagram dañaron a los niños con su diseño adictivo

The trial was one of several that social media companies face this year and beyond.

The verdict marks the end of a five-week trial on the addictive nature of social media platforms.

A jury reached a verdict in the L.A. trial focused on Meta and YouTube, a case that experts have characterized as social media's "Big Tobacco" moment.

Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial

Un jurado de Los Ángeles declaró culpables a Meta y YouTube de perjudicar la salud mental de menores en una histórica demanda sobre la adicción a redes sociales.

Meta and Google were found liable in a landmark trial over whether social media apps like Instagram and YouTube are designed to get children addicted.

Landmark trial “shakes Big Tech to its core”; complaint argued companies knowingly designed addictive products that exposed children to harm.

The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.

Dovranno risarcire un’utente con 3 milioni di dollari

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for negligently designing addictive social media platforms that harm children, in a landmark verdict that could have lasting…

The ruling could be the beginning of the end of social media as we know it, writes the BBC Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman.

In a court of law, tech titans will be judged not for who they are, but what they do. We should take comfort in that

Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully understand and verify.

The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.