Escalation: Los Angeles court empanels jury in Meta, YouTube case
Jury selection opened Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court for the first jury trial over claims that Instagram and YouTube were designed to addict young users. TikTok settled on the eve of trial and Snap did so last week, leaving Meta and Google as the remaining defendants. The case is brought by a 19-year-old identified as K.G.M.
Roughly 450 Angelenos will be vetted for the panel this week. The court planned to question about 75 prospective jurors per day through at least Thursday. Outside Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl’s courtroom, many prospective jurors passed the wait on social apps.
The judge instructed them not to change their own social media habits during selection and not to research unfamiliar features. Executives including Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri are expected to testify, and jurors are slated to see internal company research and expert testimony. The trial is expected to run into March.
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