An LA Court's ruling on Meta and Google exposes the real causes of online harms.

Engagement-driven design and data-fuelled advertising business models put people at risk.

Yet the UK government's approach to online safety has focussed on keeping kids out and locking adults in to toxic platforms.

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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder

^{Dara Kerr (The Guardian)}