{"id":22559,"date":"2026-04-01T07:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/landmark-losses-for-meta-and-youtube-as-big-tech-misses-the-point\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:37:34","slug":"landmark-losses-for-meta-and-youtube-as-big-tech-misses-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/landmark-losses-for-meta-and-youtube-as-big-tech-misses-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meta claims social media addiction isn\u2019t real. Juries disagree<\/p>\n

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I\u2019m hoping futilely for warm spring weather in New York City, but while it\u2019s still cold, I\u2019m sitting inside and reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. Published in 2010 and a finalist for the Pulitzer prize, the book is a fascinating record of our anxieties about technology at a time when the iPhone was just three years old and Facebook was just six. Google Chrome had debuted two years prior, and I think I was using Mozilla Firefox as my main browser. Stay tuned for a fuller analysis once I finish, but my early impression is that Carr\u2019s observations have stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

This week in tech, we\u2019re discussing one major topic: two landmark cases against Meta and YouTube over social media addiction. Whether social media is clinically addictive or not, the liability for it has been determined.<\/p>\n

\u2018Accountability has arrived\u2019: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian view on social media in the dock: tech bros move fast \u2013 society is trying to catch up<\/a><\/p>\n

How Meta\u2019s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial | Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

I was paid to write fake Google reviews \u2013 then my \u2018bosses\u2019 tried to scam me<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep under-fives\u2019 screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says<\/a><\/p>\n

Wikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon<\/a><\/p>\n

Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters<\/a><\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nMeta claims social media addiction isn\u2019t real. Juries disagree
\nHello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I\u2019m hoping futilely for warm spring weather in New York City, but while it\u2019s still cold, I\u2019m sitting inside and reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. Published in 2010 and a finalist for the Pulitzer prize, the book is a fascinating record of our anxieties about technology at a time when the iPhone was just three years old and Facebook was just six. Google Chrome had debuted two years prior, and I think I was using Mozilla Firefox as my main browser. Stay tuned for a fuller analysis once I finish, but my early impression is that Carr\u2019s observations have stood the test of time.
\nThis week in tech, we\u2019re discussing one major topic: two landmark cases against Meta and YouTube over social media addiction. Whether social media is clinically addictive or not, the liability for it has been determined.
\n\u2018Accountability has arrived\u2019: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co
\nThe Guardian view on social media in the dock: tech bros move fast \u2013 society is trying to catch up
\nHow Meta\u2019s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial | Technology
\nI was paid to write fake Google reviews \u2013 then my \u2018bosses\u2019 tried to scam me
\nKeep under-fives\u2019 screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says
\nWikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia
\nFederal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon
\nBernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meta claims social media addiction isn\u2019t real. Juries disagree Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I\u2019m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian. I\u2019m hoping futilely for warm spring weather in New York City, but while it\u2019s still cold, I\u2019m sitting inside and reading The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our …<\/p>\n

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