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Section 230 Shield Cracks for Meta and TikTok | Dayton News
A federal appeals court just struck a major blow to Meta and TikTok by ruling that Section 230 doesn’t give them blanket immunity from lawsuits — forcing thousands of pending cases to move forward. These lawsuits accuse the platforms of designing addictive interfaces, failing to verify user ages, and allowing harmful content to spread unchecked. The decision follows a landmark 2023 jury verdict against Meta and YouTube, where they were ordered to pay $6 million for negligence in platform design that contributed to a teen’s mental health crisis. Now, with courts rejecting Meta’s attempts to…
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