For more than a decade, the dominant legal answer to the question of who is responsible when a social media platform damages a child's mental health was simple: nobody. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gave platforms broad immunity for what their users post, and lawsuits framed around that content went nowhere.
For more than a decade, the dominant legal answer to the question of who is responsible when a social media platform damages a child's mental health was simple: nobody.
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gave platforms broad immunity for what their users post, and lawsuits framed around that content went nowhere.
Analyzing the Legal Shift Toward Treating Psychological Manipulation in Apps as a Compensable Personal Injury first appeared on Sommers Schwartz.
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For more than a decade, the dominant legal answer to the question of who is responsible when a social media platform damages a child's mental health was simple: nobody. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gave platforms broad immunity for what their users post, and lawsuits framed around that content went nowhere. Analyzing the Legal Shift Toward Treating Psychological Manipulation in Apps as a Compensable Personal Injury first appeared on Sommers Schwartz.
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