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Is America Ready for "Behavioral Harm"?

Two juries — one in Los Angeles, one in Santa Fe — are weighing whether social media companies can be held liable for shaping behavior by design. If yes, it changes what "harm" means in this country.

Two juries are deliberating right now over something that could reshape how American justice works.

In Los Angeles, jurors have been at it for over a week, deciding whether Meta and YouTube are liable for designing platforms that addicted a young woman starting at age six. In Santa Fe, closing arguments just wrapped in a case accusing Meta of enabling se…

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