The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have hailed a “reckoning” for major social media companies following a landmark US court decision that found Meta and Google liable for a woman's childhood social media addiction.
In a potentially groundbreaking ruling delivered in Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury determined that Google, which owns YouTube, and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, had intentionally designed platforms to ensnare young users without adequate consideration for their welfare.
