A jury in the Los Angeles social media trial awards the plaintiff $3M in compensatory damages and $3M in punitive damages; Meta will pay $4.2M and YouTube $1.8M
A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. — 1k
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Discussion
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@meghanncuniff
Meghann Cuniff
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The jury returned the same verdict for YouTube. Yes to all questions. KGM's compensatory damages are $3 million. Meta gets 70% of the blame, YouTube 30%. Jurors said YES to malice and fraud,
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@bobbyallyn
Bobby Allyn
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One of the jurors, who gave her name as Victoria, addressed reporters in the courtroom hallway after the verdict standing next to the jury foreman, Matthew. Victoria said: “we wanted them to feel it, we wanted them to know this was unacceptable.”
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@bedoyausa
Alvaro Bedoya
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Jurors have now recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages, for a tentative total of $6M to K.G.M., the plaintiff. Every single AI company running parasocial chatbots is going to be holding some long meetings over the next few days.
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@richardhanania
Richard Hanania
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Woman gets $3 million in a jury trial because she says YouTube and Meta made her mentally ill. I'm concerned about kids and social media. But the hostility to personal responsibility and lawlessness of this decision is much worse. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
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Her mother beat her, abused her, weighed her daily, called her fat, her sister tried to take her own life and her father abandoned her. Yet none of that apparently led to this poor girl's anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia, it was lip gloss review videos on youtube
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@meghanncuniff
Meghann Cuniff
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The trial is NOT OVER. The jury said YouTube and Meta acted with malice and fraud, so now they have to decide the amount of punitive damages on top of the $3 million in compensatory. Court is back in session at 11 a.m. PST.
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@klonick
Kate Klonick
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It is really early to tell the significance of this bc it could all be reversed on appeal on both whether the judge's early 1A and 230 decisions were correct (which allowed this to proceed to trial) and then the jury's decision as well. — This will likely be years before it is …
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@martylederman
Marty Lederman
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Serious question: Was this actually YouTube's defense? “YouTube argued ... that its features were not designed to be addictive.” (If so, did they think they might have jurors who have never visited YouTube?) — www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...
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@repkimschrier
Rep. Kim Schrier
on bluesky
This is an important step forward in holding big tech accountable for the harm they are causing young people. — apnews.com/article/soci...
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@klonick
Kate Klonick
on bluesky
Jury just came back with an additional $3M in punitive damages so grand total of $6M. — ~2000 Plaintiffs consolidated on the case are in different situations but even as a bottom number for settlement that puts the loss around $12B just for the California state cases that are c…
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
on bluesky
This verdict seemed very likely the moment that TikTok and Snap settled rather than go to trial. A landmark moment for Big Tech www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...
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@willoremus.com
Will Oremus
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Yesterday a jury in New Mexico found that Meta endangered children online. Today a jury in California found Meta and YouTube negligent for addictive product design. — And now: “There are thousands more lawsuits waiting to be heard... ” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
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@jamespmcleod.ca
James McLeod
on bluesky
This is a big deal; Canada should take notice. — Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case — Jury found them negligent in app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. — www.n…
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