{"id":329479,"date":"2026-03-26T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/for-years-big-tech-was-too-powerful-touch-but-now-theyre-vulnerable\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:00:09","slug":"for-years-big-tech-was-too-powerful-touch-but-now-theyre-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/for-years-big-tech-was-too-powerful-touch-but-now-theyre-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"For years big tech was \u2018too powerful touch\u2019, but now they\u2019re \u2018vulnerable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/O_r2iqJjEBs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"For years big tech was \u2018too powerful touch\u2019, but now they\u2019re \u2018vulnerable\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_r2iqJjEBs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor 20 years, social media platforms, big tech have really had the whip hand\u2026 yet there is now this narrative that they are vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>After a court found Google and Meta liable over claims their platforms are designed to be addictive, the public \u201canger\u201d against Big Tech could now result in \u201cpowerful\u201d action, tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker says.<\/p>\n<p>Meta and Google said they disagreed with the verdict and intended to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Meta said: &quot;Teen mental health is profoundly complex and cannot be linked to a single app.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We will continue to defend ourselves vigorously as every case is different, and we remain confident in our record of protecting teens online.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Google said: &quot;This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor 20 years, social media platforms, big tech have really had the whip hand\u2026 yet there is now this narrative that they are vulnerable.\u201d [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] After a court found Google and Meta liable over claims their platforms are designed to be addictive, the public \u201canger\u201d against Big Tech could now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[133915,129766,129329],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-329479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-for","tag-social","tag-years"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>For years big tech was \u2018too powerful touch\u2019, but now they\u2019re \u2018vulnerable\u2019 | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch For years big tech was \u2018too powerful touch\u2019, but now they\u2019re \u2018vulnerable\u2019 for free, here on News ISC. 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