<p>When a California court ruled that Meta and YouTube had deliberately designed addictive products, many declared that this might be the Big Tobacco moment for the tech companies.</p><p>The plaintiff was awarded $6 million damages. Meta’s revenue in three months last year was 60 billion dollars. Their share price was unaffected.</p><p>On Free State today we ask what will it take to make a difference?&nbsp;</p><p>If the social media companies are relaxed about the finding, is it because they know that there is no appetite to make real change?</p><p>We look at the power of the addiction and the power Big Tech utilises to enforce its position.</p><p>These powers rule the world now and one ruling may not make much difference.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>