TL;DRA jury just found YouTube and Meta liable for $3 million due to negligent, addictive app design.The landmark ruling was filed by a plaintiff who suffered severe mental anguish as a result of using these platforms as a teen.The jury has yet to assign a figure to punitive damages.Online services — and social media, in particular — are facing a bit of a reckoning right now. For years, concerned parents and activist groups alike have been sounding warning over apps that seem willfully designed to take advantage of our weak, human psyches, tempting us into endlessly scrolling through their bottomless wells of content — no matter what sort of negative consequence that has on our mental health. But now, the courts might be starting to do something about it, and this week a landmark jury verdict finds both YouTube and Meta negligent in their app designs.Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority?