Anadolu/Getty ImagesIt has been a monumental week in Big Tech as the world’s largest social media companies find themselves on the losing end of two landmark lawsuits. On Tuesday, a New Mexico jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, violated the state’s Unfair Practices Act by hiding what it knew about how their platforms negatively impacted children’s mental health, as well as the child exploitation their apps enabled. On Wednesday, Meta took another hit in court when a Los Angeles jury found them liable for designing purposefully addictive apps, worsening young us...
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