Mar 26, 2026 11:54:00In a lawsuit concerning social media addiction, Instagram and YouTube were found negligent and ordered to pay approximately 1 billion yen to each user. Social media trial: Meta and Google found negligent : NPRThe plaintiff is a 20-year-old woman at the time of writing. She points out that the problem lies not in the content users post, but in the structure of the service itself. The court ordered Meta and Google to pay $3 million in compensatory damages and a further $3 million in punitive damages. In the New Mexico case, Meta was ordered to pay $375 million (approximately 59.8 billion yen) in damages for turning Instagram into a breeding ground for child sexual abuse.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 26, 2026 03:08 UTC