For anyone following technology with any regularity, one thing has been blatantly apparent for quite some time: our capabilities in the digital world have accelerated far beyond the capacity of our legal structures to cope with and regulate them. Couple that with a legislature limited by its own lack of technological prowess and the influence of lobbyists, and there was never a question of if present day ...
Social Media Addiction Lawsuits Move to Consolidated Status
Posted October 27, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently met to consider whether to consolidate a number of lawsuits alleging that social media companies – in particular, Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta – specifically design their applications to addict their users. Ultimately, the decision was to send the 75 federal lawsuits to the United States District Court in the Northern District of California.
Plaintiffs allege that ...
continue reading...Lawsuit: Meta Knew Facebook, Instagram Was Harming Teens
Posted October 4, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
“We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” This was the content of a slide shown during an internal meeting at Meta; the company that owns Facebook and Instagram. And while the company has actively denied its role in the lives of its youngest users, lawsuits are bringing internal documents and studies to light that show just how aware it is and how little ...
