{"id":371173,"date":"2026-08-18T19:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-faces-a-200-billion-lawsuit-that-could-change-social-media-forever\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:00:41","slug":"mark-zuckerbergs-meta-faces-a-200-billion-lawsuit-that-could-change-social-media-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-faces-a-200-billion-lawsuit-that-could-change-social-media-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s Meta faces a $200 billion lawsuit that could change social media forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/84XD77PCxko\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg's Meta faces a $200 billion lawsuit that could change social media forever\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84XD77PCxko\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ever felt like you\u2019re addicted to doomscrolling? It might not be your fault. A lawsuit is claiming that Meta deliberately made their platforms addictive, especially to young people, who were harmed as a result. <\/p>\n<p>Results of Meta\u2019s own internal research reported that \u201cyoung people are acutely aware that Instagram can be bad for their mental health, yet are compelled to spend time on the app for fear of missing out on cultural and social trends\u201d \u2013 but features such as infinite scrolling and constant notifications keep users on their phones.<\/p>\n<p>This week, a huge trial beginning in the US, expected to last between six and eight weeks, is laying out the accusations against Meta. It is just the latest in a rising tide of lawsuits faced by the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. Meta denies the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we take a closer look at the case \u2013 and how this could be social media\u2019s \u201cbig tobacco\u201d moment.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. 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It might not be your fault. A lawsuit is claiming that Meta deliberately made their platforms addictive, especially to young people, who were harmed as a result. Results of Meta\u2019s own internal research reported that \u201cyoung people are acutely aware that Instagram can be bad for their mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-371173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s Meta faces a $200 billion lawsuit that could change social media forever | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s Meta faces a $200 billion lawsuit that could change social media forever for free, here on News ISC. 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