Meta, YouTube ask judge to toss LA jury verdict in social media addiction case
Meta says Section 230 and the First Amendment bar liability after a jury awarded $6 million over claims its platforms harmed a young user.
- In a filing made public Wednesday, Meta Platforms asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to overturn a jury verdict finding it liable for a user's depression, or alternatively to order a new trial.
- A jury determined Meta and Google were negligent in designing platforms that exacerbated mental health struggles for 20-year-old plaintiff K.G.M., ordering the companies to pay $6 million in damages in March.
- Citing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment, Meta and Google contend they should not be held liable for design features of their platforms.
- This bellwether case could influence thousands of similar lawsuits nationwide, marking one of the first times a jury found social media companies liable for user harm.
- Reflecting broader legislative momentum, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the GUARD Act on Thursday, imposing age verification requirements on artificial intelligence chatbots.
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In March, Meta and Google were held responsible for increasing the depression of a teenage girl in the United States. Both companies have to pay her $6 million in total damages. But Mark Zuckerberg's group is asking for the verdict to be set aside or a verdict to be held...
Meta Seeks to Overturn Landmark Social Media Addiction Verdict
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has requested a Los Angeles judge to set aside the jury verdict that found the company liable for causing a young woman's mental health problems, in what represents a pivotal case examining whether social media companies deliberately designed addictive platforms that harm young Americans.
Meta, YouTube ask judge to toss LA jury verdict in social media addiction case
Meta and YouTube have asked a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to toss the jury verdict that found both companies were negligent in the design or operation of the platforms. In separate filings earlier this month, Meta and Google’s YouTube appealed the verdicts, asking Judge Carolyn Kuhl to either throw out the charges or at…
Meta asks U.S. judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict
Meta Platforms has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury’s verdict finding the company liable for a woman’s depression in a landmark trial over whether the company has harmed young users by designing its platforms to be addictive.
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