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Google and Meta sued for designing addictive apps

Meta Platforms and YouTube deliberately designed products they knew would addict children, a lawyer for a woman suing the two companies told jurors in California on Monday at a trial that will test whether Big Tech platforms can be held liable for their app design.A verdict against the tech companies could smooth the way for similar cases in state court, and shake the industry’s longstanding U.S. legal defense against claims of user harm. Google, Meta, TikTok and Snap face thousands of lawsuits in California. Meta and Google plan to defend themselves from the claims by pointing to other factors in Kaley’s life, laying out their work on youth safety, and trying to distance themselves from users who upload harmful content. What is your take on social media apps algorithms ?

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