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Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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You’re right, nothing about this woman’s experience is particularly unique, which is what makes this a huge decision. The numbers of potential future plaintiffs (individual or class action) is enormous. The precedent opens the floodgates (and on the same day when New Mexico hit Meta with $345M for what Meta called “inevitable” child exploitation on their platform).
Social media is going to have their big tobacco moment one way or another.