alt.hn

3/21/2026 at 3:44:58 PM

Jury signals tech titans on hook for social media addiction

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-03-jury-tech-titans-social-media.html

by Brajeshwar

3/21/2026 at 4:59:43 PM

> A jury form given to jurors asks the panel to decide whether Meta or YouTube should have known their services posed a danger to children or if they were negligent in design.

From the evidence I’ve seen Meta especially seems like they were not only negligent but malicious with regard to their users in their design decisions.

by jakeydus

3/21/2026 at 6:15:39 PM

It's amazing that the tech companies have avoided a jury for so long.

by 2OEH8eoCRo0

3/21/2026 at 6:46:44 PM

I agree, it’s shocking that the only productive sector of society has managed to remain unmolested for this long. I’m sure it won’t last, and we’ll soon regulate it into nonexistence and turn ourselves into Western Europe.

by tt24

3/21/2026 at 8:04:37 PM

'Productive' here is practically bursting from all the euphemisms it's swallowed.

by crusty

3/21/2026 at 9:58:27 PM

We dont live for the economy.

by whattheheckheck

3/21/2026 at 9:55:59 PM

And what does "productive" mean to you, exactly? To most, causing eating disorders in teenage girls (Instagram), being at the root of undermining various democracies (Facebook) and having credible evidence of aiding addiction for profit (this case) against you would be a tough set of qualifiers, I'd imagine.

by greggoB

3/22/2026 at 12:02:34 AM

Highest revenue, probably

by gzread

3/22/2026 at 12:05:57 AM

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