US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield (1)

A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of children.

In a ruling delivered by a three-judge appeals court panel on Tuesday, a Pennsylvania mother won the right to sue TikTok over the death of her 10-year-old daughter. The court said that TikTok could be liable because its algorithm served up dangerous content to the child.

Three weeks before Christmas 2021, Nylah Anderson was found lifeless in her mother’s closet in suburban Philadelphia. ...