A jury has found Meta and Google negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, ruling the platforms contributed to a young woman's mental health struggles. Evidence showed Meta knew its platforms were addictive to teenagers and used research to increase engagement among young users. Meta must pay 70% of 3 million USD in damages.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/jury-finds-meta-and-youtube-negligent-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/ #Media #SocialMedia #AIinMedia #Meta
Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial | TechCrunch
The jury says Meta and YouTube will have to pay $3 million in damages.
Prozess um Social-Media-Sucht: US-Jury spricht Meta und Google schuldig
Instagram und YouTube haften für Schäden wegen Social-Media-Sucht. Das Urteil vom Mittwoch gilt als Präzedenzfall für Tausende ähnliche Verfahren.
Reddit will require "fishy" accounts to verify they are run by a human
https://arstechni.ca/GpZy #socialmedia #reddit #Tech #bots #AI
Reddit will require "fishy" accounts to verify they are run by a human
AI-generated content is still acceptable for now.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-musk-twitter-takeover-highlights-danger.html
#x #twitter #musk #democracy #SavingDemocracy #leaveX #SocialMedia #meta #zuckerberg
Musk's Twitter takeover highlights danger of owner-dominated social media platforms
by #JoeStafford #UniversityManchester
"They were never fully democratic, but they rarely supported one political side, and almost never authoritarian groups," said Dr. Magalhães.
Musk's Twitter takeover highlights danger of owner-dominated social media platforms
A new study has suggested that the transformation of Twitter into X under Elon Musk marks the rise of a new, illiberal regime of governing social media platforms, which can be controlled by one person and used to push their own political agenda. Alongside researchers from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Weizenbaum Institute, Dr. João C. Magalhães of The University of Manchester studied more than 1,500 events to track how the platform has changed since Musk acquired it.
Social Media Addiction Lawsuit: US Jury Finds Meta and Google Guilty
Instagram and YouTube are liable for damages due to social media addiction. Wednesday's verdict is considered a precedent for thousands of similar cases.
In a first-of-its-kind verdict, a jury in
#NewMexico found
#Meta hid what it knew about
#ChildExploitation on its
#SocialMedia platforms.
Why NM Meta child safety verdict could be 'first crack in the dam'
Let's hope so.
www.npr.org/2026/03/25/n...Why NM Meta child safety verdi...In a first-of-its-kind verdict, a jury in #NewMexico found #Meta hid what it knew about #ChildExploitation on its #SocialMedia platforms.
Why NM Meta child safety verdict could be 'first crack in the dam'
Let's hope so.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5760950/why-nm-meta-child-safety-verdict-could-be-first-crack-in-the-dam
#TikTok, #Instagram und andere verführen zu endlosem scrollen, bis einem die Birne glüht. Ich selber hab mich schon mal dabei erwischt, wie ich kein Ende fand.
Vorschlag: Scrollen auf #SocialMedia nur noch 2-3 Meter, dann ist Pause - für eine Stunde mindestens.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/nachrichtenmuedigkeit-warum-abstand-vom-scrollen-im-alltag-erdet-a-dab97239-751e-4d33-b696-1b093a3dc65f?sara_ref=re-so-bluesky-rss#ref=rss
Nachrichtenabstinenz: Wenn dann auch noch Heino Schlagzeilen macht, sage ich Stopp!
Für viele Menschen ist der Alltag ein uferloses Scrollen ohne Sinn geworden. Eine Pause von Kriegen und Krisen scheint kaum möglich. Wie man trotzdem abschalten kann.
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