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Two juries found Meta and YouTube liable for addictive design in March 2026. Neither platform has changed anything. A $6 million penalty against a company generating billions per quarter is not accountability; it is the cost of doing business, and Meta already knows how to pay it.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Two juries in March 2026 found that infinite scroll and variable reward systems are defective products, not neutral features. The companies knew about the harm and shipped anyway. The argument that engineers should lead the redesign is the same argument that built the original damage.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Two juries found Meta and YouTube liable for engineering addiction into their platforms. Both companies kept their algorithms exactly as they were. A $375 million fine against a $1 trillion company is not accountability; it is overhead.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Meta's own engineers called themselves drug pushers in internal documents. California juries just agreed with the diagnosis. The question now is whether product liability law can hold algorithmic design to the same standard as a defective car part.
By Devon Reyes · 3 min read
A Los Angeles jury just proved that product liability law can reach inside a social media app and hold its design choices accountable. Section 230 is still standing. The wall around it just got a door.
By Audrey Liang · 3 min read
Meta's own internal documents confirm what the algorithms were built to do. Anger drives sessions, sessions sell ads, and the math has always been that simple. The question is whether regulators will finally treat it as a product liability problem.
By Zara Mitchell · 3 min read
