YouTube employees admitted that their goal was “viewer addiction” and killed proposed safety tools for kids because they wouldn’t provide a sufficient “ROI” — financial lingo for “return on investment ...

A Jury Just Blamed Meta and YouTube for Social Media Addiction Your email has been sent A California jury just made Big Tech pay. In a decision that legal experts are calling a “Big Tobacco” moment ...

A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their social media platforms, producing a bellwether verdict in the first lawsuit to take tech giants to trial for social media ...

A California jury in a landmark verdict with massive implications for the tech industry Wednesday found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing addictive social media platforms that harmed a child.

A California jury has declared that social media giants Meta and YouTube were liable for harming a young woman by designing their platforms to be addictive. The verdict could affect many more cases. A ...

Meta and YouTube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for ...

A California jury on Wednesday found social media giants Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial, determining the companies were negligent in their design or operation of ...

A YouTube employee emailed colleagues in 2012 that the goal in creating a new app “is not viewership, it’s viewer addiction,” according to the internal message revealed in a personal injury case about ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tech giants Meta and YouTube were found liable in a landmark case, accused of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health. A California jury found the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Los Angeles court jury has reached its final verdict, stating that it finds Meta and YouTube guilty of being "negligent" in the ...

A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts in a landmark case that accused the tech giants of intentionally addicting a young woman and injuring her mental health. Meta and ...

A Los Angeles jury has found Alphabet’s Google and Meta liable for damages in a landmark civil trial over youth social media addiction. Campaigners and parents who say social media use has harmed ...