Legal Shield in Social Media Addiction Cases Hinges on SCOTUS

A pending US Supreme Court docket case testing the scope of on-line platforms’ authorized legal responsibility defend referred to as “Part 230″ has partially clouded the panorama for almost 100 lawsuits claiming that Meta Platform Inc.‘s Fb, TikTok Inc., Snap Inc., and different social media retailers have addicted kids and brought about despair.

US District Decide Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who’s overseeing the circumstances, mentioned at a Wednesday listening to in San Francisco that she gained’t problem a ruling the on the traditionally sturdy Part 230 protection till the Supreme Court docket palms down a choice.

Part 230 refers back to the provision of …