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960 Jury finds Meta and YouTube built ‘addiction machines’ that harmed a child, awards $3 million in landmark trial

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Alina Maria Stan @ The Next Web · 03/25/2026 16:39 EDT

Jury finds Meta and YouTube built ‘addiction machines’ that harmed a child, awards $3 million in landmark trial

A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Google liable for intentionally building addictive social media platforms that harmed a young woman’s mental health, awarding her $3 million in compensatory damages in what is the first trial verdict of its kind in the United States. The decision, delivered on Wednesday after a five-week trial, found […]
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