The case began when a young woman named Kaley filed a case against Instagram and YouTube, alleging that she became addicted to the platforms as a child. She stated that the design features of these platforms, including autoplay, notifications, and infinite scrolling, boosted her compulsive use of apps and pushed her into mental health issues like anxiety and depression. The jury in this case found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million. This could also be dubbed as the first major case to reach a jury verdict against Google and Meta.
