NYC Sues Social Media Platforms

New York City has joined the many other state and local governments that have sued social media companies. In its suit against Meta, Google, Snapchat and related companies, NYC claims that companies borrowed from tactics used by casinos and cigarette companies to create a product that is addictive to young people.  

The defendant companies, of course, denied the allegations and cited their various attempts at keeping social media safe for minors. This controversy will not go away soon, and we will be watching what the discovery process turns up about how (and whether) we can keep young people safe from the seamier sides of new technology.

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