Courts signal reckoning for social-media safety with Meta and YouTube verdicts
TL;DR
A Los Angeles jury found Meta negligent and awarded damages in a child-safety case, following a separate ruling against YouTube; advocates say two back-to-back verdicts show courts are willing to hold major platforms accountable for social media harms to children, potentially reshaping Silicon Valley regulation.
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