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Meta and YouTube Just Got Hit with an 'Addictive Design' Guilty Verdict — The $6 Million Is Pocket Change, but the 2,400-Lawsuit Tsunami Is Coming for Silicon Valley
A jury found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts for designing addictive social media platforms, awarding $6 million in damages. The real story is not the payout but the domino effect on 2,400 pending lawsuits. This first-ever verdict recognizing social media as a defective product takes direct aim at Big Tech's attention economy business model, and the implications could reshape the entire industry.