I hope this ridiculous verdict will not stand! The rest of the world will have a good laugh again about American jurisprudence!
What about the parents of this child?
"Jury Rules Social Media Liable for Teen's Addiction
A Los Angeles jury ruled Wednesday that Meta and YouTube must pay a combined $6 million in damages to a 20-year-old woman who said the platforms hooked her as a child through design features like infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmically timed notifications.
The plaintiff, known as K.G.M., testified she began using YouTube at 6 and Instagram at 9, eventually spending 16 hours in a single day on Instagram, spiraling into depression, anxiety, and body dysmorphia.
Jurors targeted platform design itself as a defective product, a legal theory one tech policy professor compared to the tobacco lawsuits.
More than 1,500 similar suits against Meta, YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok are pending in California courts alone."
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