"The prime minister said the verdict in a California court signalled a rising public expectation for more aggressive regulation and said: I'm absolutely clear that we need to go further. The status quo isn't good enough, he said. We need to do more to protect children."
"Jurors in the US found the tech companies to be negligent, having failed to provide adequate warnings about the potential dangers of their products. The jury awarded the plaintiff a 20-year-old woman who said she became hooked on social media as a child damages of $6m."
"For too long, families have paid the price for platforms built with total disregard for the children they reach, they said in a statement. We stand with every parent and young person who refused to be silenced."
"Google, which owns YouTube, said it would appeal against the jury verdict, which came after nine days of deliberation in the first lawsuit concerning social media's alleged harm to young people to go to trial."
Keir Starmer has committed to tackling addictive features in social media as the UK government prepares to enhance regulations protecting children. Following a US court ruling that found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing addictive technology, Starmer emphasized the need for more aggressive regulation. He mentioned consulting on potential bans for social media users under 16. The court awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who became addicted as a child, prompting calls for prioritizing children's safety over profit from platforms.
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