Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Jury Finds Meta, YouTube Negligent

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 addiction.

Posted by lamplighter at 02:52 PM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds[image or embed]

" The Guardian (@theguardian.com) Mar 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM

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... The jury stated that Meta's and YouTube's negligence were a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, identified in court by her initials, K.G.M., and that the companies failed to adequately warn users of the dangers of Instagram (Meta's platform) and YouTube (which is owned by Google).

They awarded K.G.M. $3 million in compensatory damages, finding Meta 70% responsible for harm caused to the now 20-year-old plaintiff, and YouTube responsible for 30%. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 02:11 PM

Tech Bros doesn't care if their products harm your children, so long as it's profitable.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 03:08 PM

@#2

Tangentially related ...

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fortune.com

... President Trump is turning to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley"including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang"to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council.

A press release from the Office of Science and Technology Policy said the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, "brings together the Nation's foremost luminaries in science and technology to advise the President and provide recommendations on strengthening American leadership in science and technology." It added that the council will focus on topics "related to the opportunities and challenges that emerging technologies present to the American workforce, and ensuring all Americans thrive in the Golden Age of Innovation." ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 03:30 PM

SC will overthrow

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-25 04:23 PM

Meta claims they dont allow users younger than 13, but emails show they were discussing the best way to hook 11 year olds. That's not negligence that's intentional.

#5 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-25 04:58 PM

...doesn't care...so long as it's profitable.
#2 | Posted by snoofy

Why do you hate Capitalism?

#6 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-03-25 05:20 PM


Meta claims they dont allow users younger than 13, but emails show they were discussing the best way to hook 11 year olds. That's not negligence that's intentional.

#5 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

Who cares if they discussed it, the question is did they make efforts to create an algorithm that actually did it.

You can't throw LegallyYourDead in jail for the thoughts he has.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-25 05:47 PM


President Trump is turning to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley"including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang"to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council.

Thats too bad, Huang thinks if you don't spend half your salary on tokens then you aren't doing your job.

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-25 05:49 PM


Tech Bros doesn't care if their products harm your children, so long as it's profitable.
#2 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

You could say the same thing about Snoofy and illegal immigration.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-03-25 05:50 PM

cool equivocation.

#10 | Posted by alexandrite at 2026-03-25 05:54 PM

Meta claims they dont allow users younger than 13, but emails show they were discussing the best way to hook 11 year olds. That's not negligence that's intentional.

#5 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

Who cares if they discussed it, the question is did they make efforts to create an algorithm that actually did it.

You can't throw LegallyYourDead in jail for the thoughts he has.

#7 | Posted by oneironaut

Is there any issue you don't take the evil side on?

#11 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-25 06:05 PM

OneTrumper is an incel who wants nothing more than a child to rape.

Social media made it easy for predators like him to groom children.

Any restrictions will affect him personally.

Which is why he's hoping Trump's Supreme Court will step in to save him.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-25 06:20 PM

long overdue, unfortunately for social media companies, fortunately for parents

#13 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-25 06:20 PM

Where were the parents/guardians? They also have significant responsibility for this.

#14 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-03-25 06:22 PM

Is there any issue you don't take the evil side on?

#11 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY

When you're committed to destruction, it goes with the territory.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-25 07:52 PM

Fcnkerberg helped the paedo traitor get elected in 2016

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-03-25 07:56 PM

@#5 ... Meta claims they dont allow users younger than 13, but emails show they were discussing the best way to hook 11 year olds. That's not negligence that's intentional. ...

Difficult to deny that.

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 08:45 PM

@#14 ... Where were the parents/guardians? They also have significant responsibility for this. ...

On that point, I do not disagree.

But I also have to ask, is it possible for a parent t give a smartphone to a child, and restrict that smartphone access away from the predatory social media sites?

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-25 08:49 PM

is it possible for a parent t give a smartphone to a child, and restrict that smartphone access away from the predatory social media sites?
#18 | Posted by LampLighter

Not really.

There isn't really such a thing as non-predatory social media sites.

Roblox, which is marketed as a children's game, is notorious for people looking to exploit children, which is a sad commentary on the world we live in.

Social media harms children, we should not allow them to use it until they turn 18.

There's no other way.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-25 08:55 PM

Where were the parents/guardians?

Making a podcast about parenting.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-03-25 11:23 PM

How exactly were they harmed? Just saying they were isn't convincing. So, this court has decided, by way of simply existing, these things caused harm? Keep in mind nobody has forced anyone to use them. Hilarious, so what's the resolution? Banning all social media? Did they think this through at all?

#21 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-03-26 05:57 PM

#21 | Posted by THEBULL

Why do you always side with the billionaire elites that ---- on your head?

#22 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-03-26 06:44 PM

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