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Ordoliberal analysis of verdict: corporate responsibility and expected reinforcement of European regulatory framework
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

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A Los Angeles jury has ordered Meta and Google to pay $6 million to a young woman rendered dependent on Instagram and YouTube since childhood, in a landmark verdict treating social media platforms as defective products. This decision, comparable to the Big Tobacco moment of the 1990s, paves the way for more than 2,000 similar lawsuits and forces the world to rethink how digital platforms are regulated for minors.
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