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Meta Appeals Social Media Verdict | San Antonio News

Meta is appealing a landmark $6 million jury verdict that blamed its platforms for worsening a young woman’s mental health, calling the case “complex” and not solely attributable to app design. The ruling, the first of its kind, held both Meta and YouTube negligent for addictive features like autoplay and infinite scrolling — tools designed to keep users glued, bypassing legal shields for user-generated content. Google plans to join the appeal, calling it standard procedure. This verdict could ignite thousands of similar lawsuits, following a separate $375 million penalty against Meta in New…

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