New York’s lawsuit against TikTok could have a ripple effect on other states looking to hold social media companies accountable for addicting children, if the state is able to convince a Manhattan appellate court it has standing to sue on behalf of its young residents.
The state’s case brings similar arguments to two trials that played out recently in Los Angeles and New Mexico. In the former, Meta and Google were found negligent for designing and operating platforms that are addictive to young users and ordered to pay $6 million to the individual plaintiff. The New York case is different ...
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