This week, the first high-profile lawsuit—considered a “bellwether” case that could set meaningful precedent in the hundreds of other complaints—goes to trial. That lawsuit documents the case of a 19-year-old, K.G.M, who hopes the jury will agree that Meta and YouTube caused psychological harm by designing features like infinite scroll and autoplay to push her down a path that she alleged triggered depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidality. TikTok and Snapchat were also targeted by the lawsuit, but both have settled. The Snapchat settlement came last week, while TikTok settled on Tuesday just hours before the trial started, Bloomberg reported.
BEAUTIFUL. We need more of this. Fuck these companies. I’ve personally seen just how powerful these dopamine control mechanisms really are. I’ll click on some interesting youtube short, then suddenly 30 mins are gone and I’m sitting there in the middle of something else, just teleported into the future with no explanation of what happened.
This type of social media is absolutely contributing to the downfall of Western society.