The companies had sought a new trial in a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she became addicted to Google’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram at a young age.
A California state court judge has denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google ’s YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury found the companies Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl ruled on the motions on Tuesday, according to court documents.
The companies had sought a new trial in a lawsuit filed by a woman who said she became addicted to Google’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram at a young age because of their attention-grabbing design. A jury found Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people. Kuhl said the law does not address the companies’ design choices and the jury was repeatedly instructed not to consider content.
“There was substantial evidence that Plaintiff was harmed by the design features of Instagram, regardless of any of the content found on that platform,” Kuhl wrote. “The plaintiffs’ legal theory attempts to improperly circumvent Section 230 and the First Amendment, and we expect this ruling to be overturned on appeal,” the spokesperson said. José Castañeda, a spokesperson for Google, said in a statement that the company plans to appeal.
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