
New York Times - 1 hour 54 sec ago
Meta and YouTube harmed a young user's mental health with addictive design features, a jury found.

The Next Web - 1 hour 1 min ago
The Amsterdam startup, which gives employees direct anonymous access to psychologists, lifestyle experts, and financial counsellors through their employer, now serves more than 2,000 organisations across five European markets. Smartfin led the round; Rubio Impact Ventures, which led the 2022 Series A, returned. The traditional path to professional psychological help in Europe involves a GP […] This story continues at The Next Web...

US Weekly - 1 hour 41 min ago
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are speaking out after a Los Angeles jury ruled against Google and Meta in a landmark case regarding social media addiction. On Wednesday, March 25, the two tech giants were ordered to pay $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a young woman who alleged that Meta-owned Instagram and Google-owned YouTube were designed to be addictive, causing detriment to her mental health as a minor. "This verdict is a reckoning," the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...

Forbes - 3 hours 46 min ago
New study examines psychotic prompts. AI ought to detect and respond properly. Results show that AI often misses the mark. An AI Insider scoop.

The Independent - 10 hours 14 min ago
In a landmark ruling, a Los Angeles jury held Meta and Google liable for a young app user's mental distress. Io Dodds explains why that logic could cost Big Tech billions and potentially transform it permanently...

New Scientist - 14 hours 9 min ago
In a landmark trial, social media giants Meta and YouTube were found negligent and ordered to pay for harming a user's mental health. The decision could force major changes in how social platforms work...

The Next Web - 14 hours 22 min ago
A Los Angeles jury has found Meta and Google liable for intentionally building addictive social media platforms that harmed a young woman's mental health, awarding her $3 million in compensatory damages in what is the first trial verdict of its kind in the United States. The decision, delivered on Wednesday after a five-week trial, found […] This story continues at The Next Web...

Fortune - 15 hours 14 min ago
A Los Angeles jury's decision that addictive app design caused a young woman's mental health crisis could force Big Tech to confront what parents, doctors, and users have warned about for years.

The Atlantic - 15 hours 20 min ago
Jurors found the companies liable for building apps that inflicted mental-health problems on a teenager, and similar lawsuits are on the horizon.

NBC News - 15 hours 27 min ago
A large, new study found that the stimulant methylphenidate, such as the drugs Ritalin and Concerta, may lower the risk of psychosis when prescribed to younger children with ADHD.

Tech Meme - 17 hours 11 min ago
New York Times : The jury in LA's social media trial finds Meta and YouTube harmed a young user via addictive design features and orders them to pay her $3M; Meta will pay 70% — A jury found the companies negligent in their app designs, harming a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress.

Variety - 17 hours 19 min ago
A jury on Wednesday ordered Meta and Google to pay $3 million to a 20-year-old woman who alleged that she was addicted to Instagram and YouTube as a child. The jury of seven women and five men found the companies liable for product design features that harmed the plaintiff’s mental health. Meta was ordered to […]...