00:00Meta and Google are facing what legal experts are calling the most significant corporate liability threat in social media history.
00:07After a jury found Instagram and YouTube liable for contributing to teen addiction and mental health disorders, the floodgates have
00:15opened.
00:162,000 additional lawsuits are now filed and moving through courts.
00:20The core allegation is not that social media is harmful.
00:24It is that the algorithms were deliberately designed to maximize engagement in ways.
00:29That cause addiction, depression, and anxiety in young users.
00:33Internal documents from Meta, leaked in 2021 and now being used in court, showed the company knew its platforms were
00:40harming teenagers and continued to optimize for engagement anyway.
00:45Attorneys general from 37 states are pursuing separate legal action.
00:49The combined liability exposure could reach hundreds of billions of dollars.
00:54For American parents with teenagers on Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok, this legal wave is a direct window into how these
01:02platforms actually work and what the companies behind them prioritized over the well-being of your child.
01:08The trial outcomes over the next 18 months could permanently reshape how social media operates in the United States.
01:15The trial outcomes over the next 18 months is theitarypson.
01:16The trial
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