by Natalia Mittelstadt at X
Jury selection begins this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are facing trial over claims that the social media platforms are deliberately addicting and harming youth.
This week, jury selection in the trial begins in Los Angeles County Superior Court, The Associated Press reported. The trial is the first time the companies will argue their case before a jury, and the result could significantly impact their businesses and how they will handle children using their platforms.
Jury selection is expected to take at least a few days, with 75 potential jurors questioned each day through at least Thursday.
Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., which was named in the lawsuit, settled the case last week for an undisclosed amount, and TikTok settled its role in the case on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
A 19-year-old female, identified only by the initials “KGM,” is at the core of the case that could determine how thousands of other, similar lawsuits against social media companies will unfold.
In KGM’s lawsuit,…
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