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A 20-year-old woman in the US said she spent 16 hours a day on Instagram.
A Los Angeles jury found Meta 70% and YouTube 30% liable for social media addiction harms.
KEY POINTS
- Internal Meta documents revealed the company knew children under 13 were using its platforms widely.
- Meta's own unpublished studies showed 3.1% of Facebook users met its threshold for severe problematic use.
- The EU, Brazil, and Australia are moving to regulate or ban addictive platform design features, unlike the UK.
- Over 2,400 similar lawsuits are pending in US courts, potentially forcing major platform design changes.
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