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    Die Jury verurteilt Meta und Google im Prozess wegen Social-Media-Sucht zur Zahlung von 3 Millionen US-Dollar an eine Frau

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    2. blahyawnblah on

      Only 9 of 12 jurors had to agree. That seems odd.

      What happened to parents supervising their children?

    5. Skinkwiley on

      Seems like it should be a schedule 1 drug. No medical uses and high potential for abuse. Digital drug dealers are still dealers!!

    6. Ziazan on

      haha what.
      3 mil to one person.
      Meta pulled in 200 billion last year.

      This is like fining me a penny.

    7. NecessaryNinja1024 on

      Correct me if I’m wrong but in the photo of Zuckerberg leaving court (also the thumbnail for this post) the ID on security officer directly behind him says Police DHS (or ICE). Is guarding tech guys a new job duty?

    9. Key-Beginning-2201 on

      I’m addicted, do I get free money? No, because I’m not an opportunist complaining about victimhood.

    10. slingbladde on

      Just send all of us money..for all the stolen data and selling and reselling of it..yes even amazon..the biggest data hoarder.

    11. Separate_Fix_240 on

      $3 million? That seems like an insanely large amount of money. She’s set for life now at 20. Because she used YouTube and Facebook? I’ll work for 60 years and never make $3 million.

    13. MentalDisintegrat1on on

      This opens them up to more lawsuits. Good.

      They need to go after them for hosting scam ads as well.

    18. illstillglow on

      This is interesting. I’d blame the home life, personally. How does a 6 year old become addicted to YouTube and then to Instagram at 9? If she had a rough home life she’d likely become addicted to something else if these platforms didn’t exist. 

      Still, I’m glad to see this stuff going to litigation. Let’s keep it going. 

    20. b_a_t_m_4_n on

      What is the fucking point? Zuck could find £3mil kicking around down the back of his sofa.

    22. whetrail on

      Joyous, more censorship incoming. If it wasn’t big tech then it would’ve been television or simple human interaction that led to the tragedy, they’re always looking for an excuse to suck money out of the rich.

    23. ankercrank on

      Reddit is weird about this topic. On the one hand everyone here cheers and applauds on social media is given the beat down for preying on children, and on the other hand, I see endless complaints about age verification…

      Do people not realize these ideas are not really compatible?

    24. spamisthrowaway on

      Im no fan of tech bros but this is kinda dumb. Im sorry but this is like suing alchohol companies for alcoholism. Or game companies for people who dont log off. Its not the fault of a legal service when people misuse/overuse their product.

    25. Sufficient-Pie-7815 on

      Time for a class action lawsuit to completely bankrupt meta and youtube!

    28. Kayge on

      Posted this elsewhere, but it seems apt here as well:

      Lots of people snarking about the size of the award when compared to Meta’s overall financials, but to those of us old enough to remember it, this is starting to feel like what happened to tobacco companies.

      1. Everyone „felt“ it was bad for you, or had anecdotal evidence
      2. A body of research emerged showing the dangers of smoking
      3. Tobacco CEOs went to congress and said „I don’t believe Cigarettes are addictive“
      4. Surgeon general releases a report definitively saying smoking causes cancer
      5. Lots of lawsuits, starting small and growing
      6. Push to make smoking uncool
      7. Push to make smoking expensive
      8. Fewer smokers

      For social media, it feels as though we’re between steps 4 and 5 right now. Meta’s not going to get taken down with 1 massive lawsuit, but thousands of cuts. The death knell will be when it’s „Uncool“.

      Overall, it would be great to see the social media numbers crash like smokers.

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