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Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Against Meta Begins in LA
Key Takeaways
- A landmark federal trial in Los Angeles consolidates hundreds of lawsuits alleging Meta and YouTube deliberately engineered addictive platforms
- Plaintiffs argue infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic feeds were designed to exploit developing brains of young users
- Internal documents reveal engineers were aware of potential harms to younger users yet continued optimizing for engagement
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DT Editorial Team··3 min read·via theverge.com