Meta Knew They Were Addicting Kids. Now They’re Paying for It.
In the span of two days, juries handed down landmark verdicts against Meta and Google. In New Mexico, a jury ordered Meta to pay the state $375 million for failing to protect young people from predators on Instagram. And in Los Angeles, a jury found that Meta and Google knowingly designed social media platforms that addicted a young girl, causing depression, body dysmorphia, and self-harm.
But as listeners to this show might wonder – isn't suing social media companies supposed to be impossible, because of Section 230?
Brian talks to co-lead counsel in LA, Mariana McConnell, about how…
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