Meta appeals landmark jury verdict that found it to blame for social media addiction for young users

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 7:59 PM EDT, July 10, 2026


Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury’s determination that the company designed its platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being. Lawyers representing Meta filed a notice of appeal Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The lawyers will provide their arguments related to the appeal in subsequent court filings.

The case centered on a 20-year-old woman who said she became addicted to social media as a child and that it worsened her mental health struggles. The jury found that negligence by both Meta and Google-owned YouTube, which was also a defendant in the case, was a substantial factor in causing harm to the young woman, identified in court only by her initials, KGM, and her first name, Kaley.

The jury awarded her $3 million in damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages. Her lead attorney, Mark Lanier, said in a statement Friday that the legal team is expecting the appellate court to “continue the careful application of the law to this case, affirming the verdict of the trial court.”

A notice of appeal starts what can be a lengthy process. A Meta spokesperson provided a statement Friday that they also gave when the jury returned the verdict in March, saying that teen mental health is “profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/meta-verdict-appeal-social-media-addiction-f2fc62210b02f1945bfd416f5554dd5c

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[lonely bird]

1. OK

Go ahead.

META needs to be driven out of business.

[doc03]

2. Its not just young people. A group of us old folks have been meeting at Mc Donalds for coffee and bs for years.

I recently quit going when I realized I am driving out of my way to talk to others my age and nobody talks anymore. They just sit
and scroll through Facebook and Tik Tok videos. The last straw was when I had to wave my hand in front of someone's phone to
get their attention. I can look at my phone at home but it is plain rude to sit in a trance staring at a phone with friends. I see families
out for dinner and both parents and their kids are on their phones instead of having a conversation. This is exactly why we have that moron as
president America has a 10 second attention span.

[Hugin]

4. A similar revelation in a waiting room recently...

I realized that I was the only person not looking down at a phone. In fact, mine was already on DnD. (Do not disturb)

[BumRushDaShow]

6. If I'm in a waiting room for whatever reason (doctor, car maintenance, etc)

mine stays in my pocketbook most of the time. If I know I have a long wait, I just bring the iPad.

[mdbl]

3. Their pockets are deep enough to gum up the courts for a long time

I don't expect to see a resolution in what's left of my lifetime.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Zuck will always be a loser. I don't care how much money he has.

I spit in his general direction.