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Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue

Social media addiction trial jury deliberations continue

Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users. Since jury deliberations began on March 13, the jury sent questions to the judge related to the plaintiff's family troubles as well as

Jurors mull evidence in social media addiction trial

Jurors mull evidence in social media addiction trial

Jurors will return to court in Los Angeles Monday to resume deliberations in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of trying to hook young internet users. The jury began privately mulling evidence after being given legal instructions Friday morning by the judge. The verdict could turn

US jury to begin deliberations in social media addiction trial

US jury to begin deliberations in social media addiction trial

Jury deliberations are set to begin Friday in a landmark social media addiction trial accusing Meta and YouTube of intentionally trying to hook young internet users. Closing arguments wrapped here Thursday with rival attorneys trying to convince jurors the evidence backed their side of the clash. The verdict could turn

Mexico considering social media restriction for minors: minister to AFP

Mexico considering social media restriction for minors: minister to AFP

Mexico is considering implementing an Australia-style social media restriction for minors, Public Education Secretary Mario Delgado told AFP. Several nations are toughening up age restrictions on social media platforms as concerns grow over excessive screen time for children and their exposure to harmful content online. Delgado said the government

French AI startup AMI announces $1 bn raised in funding

French AI startup AMI announces $1 bn raised in funding

French artificial intelligence startup AMI, co-founded by Meta's former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Tuesday it has raised $1 billion to develop models able to understand the physical world. This first funding round for AMI (Advanced Machine Intelligence) was carried out by five investment funds and

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

(AMHERST, MASS.) A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big Tech liability: For the first time, an American jury is being asked to decide whether platform design itself

US plaintiff decries harmful social media addiction

US plaintiff decries harmful social media addiction

The young woman at the center of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit testified on Thursday that YouTube and Instagram fueled her depression and suicidal thoughts as a child, a decline in her mental health that the defense attributed to a dysfunctional family and offline troubles. Visibly nervous in her