Meta And Google Are Found Liable For Harm To Child’s Mental Health In Landmark Ruling
A US jury has ruled that deliberately addictive features of apps owned by Meta and Google harmed a young user’s mental health.The ruling, by the California Superior Court of Los Angeles, found that the platforms were deliberately designed in ways that contributed to the anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia of the plaintiff KGM, as she is referred to in court documents, now a 20 year old woman.KGM’s lawyers argued that algorithmic recommendations, “likes,” push notifications, and autoplaying videos, among other features, were engineered to encourage compulsive use and exploited developmental vulnerabilities in KGM. This, they claimed, had contributed to a deterioration in her mental health.Meta reportedly argued that KGM’s mental health problems, including body dysmorphia and thoughts of self-harm, were caused by familial abuse and turmoil.1 However, the company added that it no longer set internal targets for user time spent on its platform.The video sharing platform YouTube, owned by...
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