Meta and YouTube, owned by Google, ask a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to overturn a jury verdict in a social media addiction lawsuit. According to court filings described by multiple outlets, a jury found in March that the companies were negligent regarding the design or operation of their platforms and concluded they did not adequately warn users about alleged dangers. Meta and YouTube submit separate appeals requesting that the judge throw out the verdict. The companies argue that the jury’s findings should be rejected, and the filings ask Judge Carolyn Kuhl to either set aside the negligence findings or otherwise dismiss the claims.
The case centers on allegations that aspects of social media features contribute to harmful effects, and that users were not properly warned. The judge’s decision would determine whether the verdict stands or whether the matter is dismissed or retried. Additional details about the companies’ specific legal arguments were not fully outlined in the provided summaries, but the filings reportedly seek reversal of the jury’s determination of negligence and related liability.
