A Los Angeles jury on 25 March found Meta and Google-owned YouTube liable for deliberately designing their platforms to get children addicted, awarding $6 million (£4.5 million) in damages to a young woman who said she became hooked on Instagram and YouTube before she turned 10.
The verdict marks the first time a jury has treated social media apps as defective products, a legal term typically applied to faulty cars and unsafe toys, not smartphone applications.
