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Meta's $17 billion child-safety settlement is the biggest tech payout ever—or 3x what it paid to acquihire a 28-year-old AI superstar

Meta's settlement is roughly 27% of last year's profit and about 8% of annual revenue—a little more than three Alexandr Wang's.

$21-year-old Corbin Rodenberg in critical condition, suffers multiple skull fractures and fractured pelvis after falling from Harpo’s rooftop bar in Missouri$

21-year-old Corbin Rodenberg in critical condition, suffers multiple skull fractures and fractured pelvis after falling from Harpo’s rooftop bar in Missouri

Former University of Missouri student Corbin Rodenberg remains in critical condition after falling from Harpo’s rooftop bar in Columbia, Missouri. 21-year-old Corbin Rodenberg suffered multiple skull fractures and various broken bones as a result of the incident. His mother has shared emotional updates about his injuries and recovery. "It's a…

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‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won

‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won

When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did…

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Meta appeals verdict in social media addiction lawsuit

Meta has appealed a landmark social media addiction lawsuit verdict in Los Angeles. The company challenges the jury's determination that its platforms were designed to hook young users. This appeal follows a jury finding negligence by Meta and Google's YouTube. The jury awarded a young woman three million dollars in…

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Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is appealing the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Lawsuits Targeting Social Media Are an Attack on Free Speech

Tech companies that create social media apps should not be blamed for the complex mental issues of everyone who might use them.

‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel

Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for big tech

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Taylor Lorenz: Is Social Media Responsible for Bad Parenting?

Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz discusses the Meta trial, the moral panic around social media, and the risks of regulating online speech.

Meta and YouTube Found Guilty of Child Addiction, Jury Awards $6M in Landmark Social Media Verdict

Meta and YouTube Found Guilty of Child Addiction, Jury Awards $6M in Landmark Social Media Verdict

A groundbreaking verdict holds Meta and YouTube responsible for social media addiction in children, setting a precedent for treating platforms as defective products. Learn about the $6 million damages and implications for Big Tech.

International Business Times UK

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug

Landmark lawsuit finds that social media addiction is a feature, not a bug

A Los Angeles jury has delivered a landmark verdict: Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms, causing a young woman known in court documents as Kaley, or KGM, to become addicted to social media.

The Conversation

Jury Rules Google and Meta's 'Addiction Machines' Ruined Teen's Life in Landmark Trial

Jury Rules Google and Meta's 'Addiction Machines' Ruined Teen's Life in Landmark Trial

A Los Angeles jury has ruled against Google and Meta, finding their social media platforms harmful to a young woman's childhood. This landmark decision could set a precedent for future cases.

International Business Times UK

Jury finds Meta, YouTube 'negligent' in trial over addictive social media

Jury finds Meta, YouTube 'negligent' in trial over addictive social media

Meta, YouTube trial over addictive social media apps led to each being found guilty of "negligence."

Android Central

Meta and YouTube aren't the only ones who should be worried after landmark social media addiction ruling

Meta and YouTube aren't the only ones who should be worried after landmark social media addiction ruling

Blockbuster social media addiction trial ends with YouTube and Meta declared negligent.

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

A jury found both 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

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One jury nearly deadlocked, another deliberating: How trials in two states could reshape the future of social media

Jurors in California and New Mexico are weighing up whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms

The Independent UK

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury will listen to closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms

The Independent UK

Young woman says she was on social media 'all day long' as a child in landmark addiction trial

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms

Zuckerberg testifies in landmark social media addiction trial

This is the first time Mark Zuckerberg has faced a jury in a courtroom alongside families who say that Meta's products harmed their children.

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'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube could decide the fate of social media

As one lawyer labels social media platforms “digital casinos” that create dopamine addiction in children, Meta and YouTube dispute the claim.

‘It worked’: D.C. woman doesn’t have time to check her bag. Then she comes up with a genius lie at the gate

Desperation breeds creativity—especially at the airport. A Washington, D.C. woman on TikTok is going viral after confessing that she was running so late for her flight, she decided to fake total travel incompetence. Instead of checking her bag, she lugged it all the way to the gate and said she…

International Business Times UK

Did ESPN Fire Shannon Sharpe? What We Know About the Lawsuit, His Accuser and His Net Worth

Shannon Sharpe is no longer with ESPN following a lawsuit settlement over sexual assault allegations, though the network has not confirmed whether he was fired or left voluntarily.

International Business Times UK

Quick Facts About Shannon Sharpe: $50m Lawsuit, Net Worth, Kids, Dating Life and More

Shannon Sharpe, NFL Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst, faces a $50 million lawsuit over alleged sexual assault, while balancing a high-profile media career, fatherhood, and a complex dating history.

Ohio Court Strikes Down Categorical Prohibition on Gun Possession by People Under Indictment

A few months ago, the Sixth Circuit upheld the federal categorical prohibition on gun acquisition and transportation by people under indictment.

Tom Pelphrey Says Kaley Cuoco's Parenting Is "So Good" as They Adjust to Life With Daughter Matilda

They're such a sweet family.

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