Meta, Google Risk Big Tobacco-Like Fallout After Addiction Trial(bloomberg.com)
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Meta, Google Risk Big Tobacco-Like Fallout After Addiction Trial
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/meta-google-risk-big-tobacco-like-fallout-after-addiction-trial
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The $6m is obviously trivial for Meta/Google, and will barely register as a rap on the knuckle, but the precedent is a big deal. I would love to see courts taking a bit more of a stance on the way social media apps knowingly bake in addictive elements into their product while at the same time turning a blind eye to underage users getting sucked into their platforms. I hope there can be more of a balanced approach in the long term.