Juries deem Meta and YouTube defective—what happens next?
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Two juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found Meta liable for harming minors and YouTube liable in LA, treating the platforms as defective products and signaling a potential shift around liability shields like Section 230; if upheld on appeal, the rulings could trigger multimillion-dollar penalties and larger settlements, but the ultimate effects on platform design, regulation, and free expression remain uncertain.
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