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YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury's ruling that it should be held liable for users' social media addiction.

YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury's ruling that it should be held liable for users' social media addiction.

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July 16th, 2026

YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury's ruling that it should be held liable for users' social media addiction.

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YouTube has lodged an appeal against a landmark ruling in a social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to overturn the jury's prior determination that the company deliberately designed its platform to captivate young users while utterly disregarding their well-being.

YouTube洛杉矶一起具有里程碑意义的社交媒体成瘾诉讼判决提起上诉试图推翻陪审团此前作出的认定——该公司在设计其平台时刻意吸引年轻用户全然罔顾他们的福祉

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

代表YouTube的律师于周一在洛杉矶县高等法院提交了上诉通知而就在不到一周前同为本案被告的Meta亦已提交了其自身的上诉通知

It is anticipated that the attorneys will expound upon the arguments pertaining to the appeal in subsequent court filings.

预计律师们将在后续提交的法庭文件中详尽阐述与上诉相关的论点

The case concerns a twenty-year-old woman who reports having developed an addictive dependence on social media from an early age, a condition that has exacerbated her mental health issues.

本案涉及一名二十岁女性自述自幼便对社交媒体形成成瘾性依赖这一状况加剧了其心理健康问题

The jury determined that the negligent conduct of Google's YouTube platform and Meta constituted a substantial factor in causing the young woman's physical and psychological harm.

陪审团裁定谷歌旗下YouTube平台Meta公司的疏忽行为造成该年轻女性身心损害之实质性因素

In court, the victim was identified solely by the initials KGM and the given name Kaley.

法庭上该受害者仅以姓名首字母KGM名字Kaley作为身份标识。

The jury awarded her $3 million in compensatory damages and recommended an additional $3 million in punitive damages.

陪审团裁定向其支付300万美元损害赔偿金建议追加300万美元的惩罚性赔偿

Her lead counsel, Mark Lanier, issued a statement last week after Meta filed an appeal, asserting that Kaley's legal team anticipates the appellate court willcontinue to apply the law carefully to this case and uphold the trial court's verdict.”

首席法律顾问马克·拉尼尔上周在Meta提出上诉后发表声明称Kaley的法律团队期待上诉法院继续对此案审慎适用法律维持初审法院的判决。”

Google spokesperson José Castañeda stated in a statement last week that YouTube intends to file an appeal, adding, “These are standard motions as the case progresses.”

谷歌发言人何塞·卡斯塔涅达上周在一份声明中表示YouTube计划提起上诉并称这些此案推进过程中的标准动议。”

Meta and Google each filed post-trial motions, petitioning the court to retry the case.

Meta谷歌各自提交了审判后的动议请求法院重新审理此案

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

主审法官卡罗琳·B·库尔六月初驳回了这些动议

During the five-week trial, one of YouTube's central arguments was that its video-sharing and streaming platform does not, in essence, constitute a social media platform.

在为期五周的庭审过程中YouTube所提出的核心论点之一,其提供的视频分享与流媒体平台本质上并不属于社交媒体平台

Throughout the trial, the legal representatives of YouTube and Meta persistently raised objections, questioning whether the evidence and arguments presented exceeded the scope of legal protections afforded to technology companies regarding third-party content.

在整个审判过程中YouTube与Meta的代理律师亦不断提出质疑,即所呈证据与论点是否逾越了法律赋予科技公司在第三方发布内容方面的保护范畴

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 exempts these companies from legal liability for such content.

1996年《通信规范法》第230条豁免了这些公司对此类内容的法定责任

Conversely, the plaintiffs' attorneys focused their arguments on interface design features such as autoplay, contending that such designs could induce users to engage with the platform more persistently and unconsciously.

而原告律师则将论证焦点集中于自动播放等界面设计特征认为此类设计可能诱导用户更持久、更无意识地沉浸于平台使用之中

Kaley's case is the first of its kind, and its verdict may well determine the trajectory of thousands of similar lawsuits accusing social media companies of intentionally causing harm.

Kaley的案件同类诉讼中的首例其判决结果或将左右数千起指控社交媒体公司蓄意造成伤害类似诉讼最终走向

TikTok and Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, were initially named as defendants in this case but both reached settlements for undisclosed sums before the trial commenced.

TikTokSnapchat母公司Snap Inc.最初亦被列为本案被告均在开庭前以未公开金额达成和解

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