Attorneys Begin Closing Arguments in Case Against Meta, YouTube

Closing arguments read in social media addiction trial

Closing arguments were delivered in a first of it's kind social media addiction trial. The jurors, who will decide if Meta and YouTube are liable for getting teens addicted to social media, heard from experts and even Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Attorneys Begin Closing Arguments in Case Against Meta, YouTube

The lead plaintiff’s attorney in a landmark lawsuit alleging addictive practices by social media sites used a wildlife reference during his closing arguments Thursday to illustrate how his young client, who had uploaded hundreds of videos before she was even a teenager, became vulnerable to the Meta and YouTube platforms. Mark Lanier said the platforms are like a lion stalking a pack of vulnerable gazelles from which the predator finds the weake…

Associated Press: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

Associated Press: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury. “After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors heard closing arguments before deciding whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms.”