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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc
I wonder if this will lead to amendments to the Online Safety Act in the UK? Although this was in America, the BBC said that it could have implications around the world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c747x7gz249o
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Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the 20-year old's mental health.
The woman, known as Kaley, was awarded $6m (£4.5m) in damages, a result likely to have implications for hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through US courts.
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The LA verdict came a day after a jury in New Mexico found Meta liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators.
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Last edited by RichardCoulter; Today at 03:07.
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