A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a bellwether for numerous similar cases. Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety.
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- A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a…
- Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety.
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- r for numerous similar cases. Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety. A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent…
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- A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that will serve as a…
- Large technology companies in the US have faced mounting criticism in the last decade over child and teen safety.