Meta and Google found guilty in California for their sites being intentionally addictive

[TheButcher]

I think it's up to the end user to get off a site or app not the site owners responsibility.



"A jury in California has concluded that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms, in a case brought by a 20-year-old woman who said her compulsive use of social media as a child led to mental health problems. The woman, known as Kaley, has been awarded $6m in damages. The outcome of this trial is likely to have implications for hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through US courts. Parents who say their children were also harmed by social media algorithms celebrated the result outside the court. Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, alongside Google, the owner of YouTube, have both said they will appeal."

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0n8t42f

[TabbyGirl]

Why did her parents not step in limit her online time?

[fappmaster]

I think it's up to the end user to get off a site or app not the site owners responsibility.



"A jury in California has concluded that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms, in a case brought by a 20-year-old woman who said her compulsive use of social media as a child led to mental health problems. The woman, known as Kaley, has been awarded $6m in damages. The outcome of this trial is likely to have implications for hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through US courts. Parents who say their children were also harmed by social media algorithms celebrated the result outside the court. Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, alongside Google, the owner of YouTube, have both said they will appeal."

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0n8t42f

Does this open the door for a class action lawsuit?

[DonMK]

So what is the solution make social media so boring and bad no one wants to spend time on there?

[fetishnews]

So what is the solution make social media so boring and bad no one wants to spend time on there?

[ricco]

I think it's up to the end user to get off a site or app not the site owners responsibility.



"A jury in California has concluded that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms, in a case brought by a 20-year-old woman who said her compulsive use of social media as a child led to mental health problems. The woman, known as Kaley, has been awarded $6m in damages. The outcome of this trial is likely to have implications for hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through US courts. Parents who say their children were also harmed by social media algorithms celebrated the result outside the court. Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, alongside Google, the owner of YouTube, have both said they will appeal."

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/p0n8t42f

Does this open the door for a class action lawsuit?

It's a distinct possibility

[rx_tom]

Who's next if I was a social media site I'd be worried.

[LuKenGas]

People need to stop crying about Google, it is the most useful site online.

[BrasSmonkey]

california is run by retards!!! they tried to ban adults from buying soda pop! keep in mind alcohol and cigs no ban...