Social Media Is Addictive Says Jury in YouTube and Meta Trial. Here’s What You Can Do About It

The algorithms are designed to keep you in scrolling.

EXPERT OPINION BY MINDA ZETLIN, AUTHOR OF 'CAREER SELF-CARE: FIND YOUR HAPPINESS, SUCCESS, AND FULFILLMENT AT WORK' @MINDAZETLIN

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Meta and YouTube deliberately used algorithms to make their products addictive. They must pay both compensatory and punitive damages to a young woman who used those products from age six. According to her lawsuit, her mental health suffered as a result. That’s the jury finding announced Wednesday in a watershed case in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County.

Meta must pay $4.2 million and Google (which owns YouTube) must pay $1.8 million, according to the jury. Six million dollars may seem like a nice windfall to the now........

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