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Rob Nicholls – Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

Rob Nicholls – Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

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Dr Rob Nicholls - expert in Media and Communications at RMIT, talking with RTRFM’s Allan Boyd about the recent landmark social media case against Google and Meta in the United States.

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INTRO: A recent US court case saw big tech giants, Meta and Google, pay out six million dollars to a single plaintiff for mental health damage - citing dangerous and addictive design features in the social media platforms. The case is seen as a precedent to many more to come. On The Record’s Allan Boyd caught up with an expert in tech law to find out what’s going on…

LENGTH: 15:37

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Source: The Conversation - Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout - March 26, 2026

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