"The jury also decided each company's negligence was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman who says her use of social media as a child addicted her to the technology and exacerbated her mental health struggles."
"Kaley says she began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9 and told the jury she was on social media 'all day long' as a child."
"The multimillion-dollar verdict will grow, as the jury decided the companies acted with malice, or highly egregious conduct, meaning they will hear new evidence shortly and head back into the deliberation room to decide on punitive damages."
"Jurors listened to about a month of lawyers' arguments, testimony and evidence, and they heard from the plaintiff herself, identified as KGM in documents, or Kaley as her lawyers have called her during the trial."
A California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for negligence in their platform design, awarding $3 million to a plaintiff who experienced addiction and mental health issues from childhood social media use. The jury determined that the companies' negligence significantly contributed to the plaintiff's harm. The verdict may increase due to findings of malice, leading to further deliberations on punitive damages. TikTok and Snap settled before the trial, leaving Meta and YouTube as the remaining defendants.
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