A judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that social media harms young peoples' mental health.
From CNN:
The judge overseeing the litigation — which includes nearly 200 individual cases against the social media companies — said repeatedly that the tech companies may be unable to escape liability for what the consumer plaintiffs allege are vast harms to America’s children posed by algorithmic rabbit holes, image filters that encourage eating disorders or limitless content feeds.
Should the claims be allowed to proceed, it could mark a significant blow to the tech industry, which is currently fending off a nationwide legal assault on their services linked to mental health allegations. And it could mark a turning point for how courts have interpreted Section 230, a sweeping 1996 law that has exempted websites from a wide range of suits targeting their content moderation decisions.
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