A Los Angeles jury has found Google and Meta liable for damages in a landmark social media addiction lawsuit that could influence thousands of cases. The plaintiff in the case, a 20-year-old woman, accused the tech companies of causing harm by deliberately designing addictive platforms and was awarded $4.3 million in damages. Jacob Ward, veteran tech journalist and host of the Rip Current podcast told The World’s Girish Sawlani, the giant tech firms could be facing billions of dollars in future liabilities.
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