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Arguments to begin today in landmark social media addiction trial

Arguments are set to begin today in a landmark U.S. trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children. Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube will face claims; TikTok and Snap, which were originally named in the lawsuit, settled for undisclosed sums. Executives, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, are expected to testify at the trial, which will last six to eight weeks. Google spokesperson José Castañeda said the claims against YouTube are “simply not true.” He said: “Providing young people with a safer, healthier experience has always been core to our work.”

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EU tells TikTok to change its 'addictive design'

The EU has told TikTok it must change its "addictive design" or face heavy fines. The warning follows an investigation which began in February 2024 into the Chinese-owned video sharing platform by the European Commission. In preliminary findings, the Commission said TikTok did not "adequately assess" how features such as autoplay could harm the wellbeing of its users, including children, and said it failed to implement measures to mitigate the risks. EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen told reporters that if TikTok wanted to avoid being fined, it would have to "change the design of their service in Europe." A TikTok spokesperson told the BBC the findings presented a "categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform" and it planned to challenge them.

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