TNB Tech Minute: Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Negligent in Landmark Social-Media Trial
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:31.6 | Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute, for Wednesday, March 25th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. In a California |
| 0:39.4 | court, a jury found meta and YouTube negligent for designing their apps to be addictive and harmful |
| 0:45.2 | to minors and failing to warn about those dangers. The jury ordered the companies to pay $3 million |
| 0:51.0 | to a 20-year-old woman whose testimony linked her years of social media use |
| 0:55.5 | starting as a preteen to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia. |
| 1:01.4 | Meta was ordered to pay 70% of the damages and YouTube 30%. |
| 1:05.5 | The jury also determined that additional punitive damages were warranted to be decided by separate proceedings. |
| 1:11.9 | A meta-spokeswoman said in a statement, the company disagrees with the verdict and is evaluating |
| 1:17.0 | legal options. A spokesman for Google, which owns YouTube, said they plan to appeal. |
| 1:22.4 | Yesterday, a New Mexico jury found meta liable for failing to protect young people from online dangers. |
| 1:29.3 | The Supreme Court ruled that internet service providers, like Cox Communications, are not |
| 1:34.2 | liable for customers' copyright infringement unless their services were intended for illegal |
| 1:39.2 | use or tailored for such activity. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the 9-0 decision. The decision |
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