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\n\tA jury in LA has delivered a damning verdict for two of the world’s most popular digital platforms, Instagram and YouTube, BBC reports.<\/div>\n
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\n\tIt ruled those apps are addictive, and deliberately engineered that way \u2013 and that its owners have been negligent in their safeguarding of the children who have used them.<\/div>\n
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\n\tIt’s a sombre moment for Silicon Valley and the implications are global.<\/div>\n
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\n\tThe tech giants in this case, Meta and Google, must now pay $6m (\u00a34.5m) in damages to a young woman known as Kaley, the victim at the centre of this case.<\/div>\n
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\n\tShe claimed the platforms left her with body dysmorphia, depression and suicidal thoughts.<\/div>\n
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\n\tBoth companies intend to appeal, with Meta maintaining a single app cannot be solely responsible for a teen mental health crisis.<\/div>\n
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\n\tGoogle, meanwhile, says YouTube is not a social network.<\/div>\n
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\n\tBut for now the ruling means «the era of impunity is over» according to Dr Mary Franks, a law professor at George Washington University.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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