Trial starts in L.A. lawsuit alleging Instagram and YouTube knew apps harmed kids [Los Angeles Times (CA)]
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knew was harmful to children began Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, with attorneys sparring for more than four hours in combative opening arguments. The closely watched test case could rewrite the rules of engagement for social companies and their youngest users — and leave tech titans on the hook for billions in damages. Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl admonished the 18 Angelenos — 12 jurors and six alternates — not even to talk to their own therapists about the bellwether trial, the first among thousands of similar suits currently pending together in state and federal courts. Two other defendants, TikTok and Snap, settled for undisclosed sums to avoid the current trial. The plaintiff, a Chico, Calif., woman referred to as Kaley G.M., said she became addicted to social media as a grade schooler, and charges that YouTube and Instagram were built to snare very young children and keep them hooked, despite known design flaws that made their products dangerous. She appeared briefl
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