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YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

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July 16th, 2026

YouTube and Meta have jointly filed an appeal against a jury verdict that found the two companies liable for causing user social media addiction.

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YouTube has appealed a landmark social media addiction ruling in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury's finding that the company deliberately designed its platform to attract young users while disregarding their well-being.

YouTube已就洛杉磯一起具里程碑意義的社群媒體成癮訴訟判決提出上訴,試圖挑戰陪審團的認定——即該公司刻意設計其平台以吸引年輕用戶,卻罔顧他們的福祉。

Lawyers representing YouTube filed a notice of appeal on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, less than a week after co-defendant Meta submitted its own notice.

代表YouTube的律師週一在洛杉磯郡高等法院提交上訴通知,距同案被告Meta提交其自身通知不到一週。

The attorneys are expected to elaborate on the arguments pertaining to the appeal in subsequent court filings.

律師們預計將在後續法庭文件中闡述與上訴相關的論點。

The case revolves around a twenty-year-old woman who claims to have been addicted to social media since childhood, a condition that exacerbated her mental health issues.

該案件圍繞一名二十歲女性展開,她自述自幼便對社群媒體成癮,此舉加劇了她的心理健康問題。

The jury determined that negligence on the part of Google's YouTube and Meta was a pivotal factor in causing harm to the young woman, whom the court refers to only by her initials KGM and first name Kaley.

陪審團裁定,谷歌旗下的YouTube與Meta的疏忽,是對該名年輕女性(法院僅以姓名縮寫KGM及名字Kaley稱呼)造成傷害的關鍵因素。

The jury awarded her three million dollars in damages and recommended an additional three million dollars in punitive damages.

陪審團判予她三百萬美元的賠償金,並建議額外支付三百萬美元的懲罰性賠償。

Her lead attorney, Mark Lanier, issued a statement last week after Meta filed an appeal, noting that Kaley's legal team expects the appellate court to "continue to apply the law carefully to this case and uphold the trial court's ruling."

她的首席律師馬克·拉尼爾在Meta提出上訴後,上週發表聲明指出,Kaley的法律團隊預期上訴法院將「繼續對本案審慎適用法律,並維持初審法院的判決。」

Google spokesperson José Castañeda stated last week that YouTube intends to file an appeal, adding that "these are standard motions during the course of this case."

谷歌發言人何塞·卡斯塔涅達上週在聲明中表示,YouTube計劃提出上訴,並稱「這些是本案審理過程中的標準動議。」

Meta and Google each filed post-trial motions, requesting that the court reconsider the case.

Meta與谷歌各自提交了審後動議,請求法院重新審理此案。

Presiding Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl dismissed these motions in early June.

主審法官卡羅琳·B·庫爾於六月初駁回了這些動議。

During the five-week trial, one of YouTube's primary arguments was that its video-sharing and streaming platform is not a social media platform.

在為期五週的庭審中,YouTube 提出的主要論點之一,是其所提供的影片分享與串流平台並非社群媒體平台。

During the trial, lawyers for YouTube and Meta repeatedly questioned whether the evidence and arguments infringed upon the legal immunity that technology companies hold for content published by third parties.

在審判過程中,YouTube與Meta的律師反覆質疑,相關證據與論點是否侵犯了科技公司針對第三方所發布內容而享有的法律豁免權。

Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, these companies are not required to bear legal liability for content published by third parties.

根據1996年《通訊端正法》第230條,這些公司無須為第三方發布的內容承擔法律責任。

The plaintiffs' lawyers, however, focused their arguments on features such as autoplay, contending that such design could lead users to spend longer and less voluntarily on the platform.

而原告律師則將論述重點放在自動播放等功能設計上,認為此類設計可能導致用戶更長時間、更不自主地使用平台。

Kaley's case is the first of its kind, and the ruling could influence the outcomes of thousands of similar lawsuits that accuse social media companies of intentionally causing harm.

Kaley的案件是同類型訴訟中的首例,該判決可能影響數千起類似訴訟的結果,這些訴訟指控社群媒體公司蓄意造成傷害。

TikTok and Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, were also initially named as defendants in this case, but each reached a settlement for an undisclosed amount before the trial began.

TikTok和Snapchat母公司Snap Inc.最初也被列為本案被告,但各自在審判開始前以未公開金額達成和解。

July 16th, 2026

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