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Sharks smell blood with social media apps and their parent companies.

Posted on 3/25/26 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Cell of Awareness
Member since Jan 2024
1484 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 12:52 pm
Two recent cases are setting the table for this to be the next tobacco for plaintiff lawyers. Except the parent companies have exponentially more asset.

CNBC

NYPost
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 12:53 pm
Posted by DmitriKaramazov
Member since Nov 2015
5626 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 12:56 pm to
Will be interesting to see what magnitude of punitive damages the jury awards in the California case. That will determine whether the defendants view the result as a victory or a defeat.

Edit: Apparently, the jury only awarded 3 million in punitives. Very modest.
This post was edited on 3/25/26 at 8:28 pm
Posted by AlterDWI
Pattern Noticing, Alabama
Member since Nov 2012
6063 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 12:56 pm to
Good. Instagram is pedo central.
Posted by Cell of Awareness
Member since Jan 2024
1484 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:04 pm to
I think they now have the equivalent of the Foyle Memorandum in the tobacco suits and it will drive punitive damages.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
74088 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:05 pm to
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Cell of Awareness

Another one who doesn't know how to copy/paste. So sad.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58869 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:06 pm to
Not to mention these social media companies let you say mean things about Israel and everybody knows what lawyers are
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
2695 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:10 pm to
Really, the case is ridiculously retarded, and people would realize how ridiculously retarded the case is if you applied to an industry that's less hated than Big Tech.

Like imagine a lawsuit against Hershey for making candy that's too addictive or something. (Heck, their candy probably has "addictive chemicals" in a more literal sense than social media does.)

And imagine lawsuits against toy truck companies for having "addictive" flashing lights.

Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
20041 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:10 pm to
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Jurors found that Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube acted with "malice, oppression, or fraud" which means there will also be punitive damages determined on top of the $3 million total compensatory damages. There will be a hearing where all parties have 20 minutes to speak to assess punitive damages.
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
2121 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:14 pm to
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And imagine lawsuits against toy truck companies for having "addictive" flashing lights.


you mean like a cigarette company that has an appealing Camel as a mascot? That type of a thing?
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:18 pm to
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everybody knows what lawyers are


Funnier than you?
Posted by idlewatcher
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Member since Jan 2012
95892 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:28 pm to
I stubbed my toe this morning getting ready for work. Should I sue the furniture maker and the store that sold it to me?
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
55375 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 1:39 pm to
Just like the COX music lawsuit, the end consumer will end up footing the bill for this.
Hell, META might just add this to the utility costs for data centers
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
744 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 2:52 pm to
Hope TD does not have to file chapter 350.
Posted by Salviati
Member since Apr 2006
7542 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 3:03 pm to
quote:

Hope TD does not have to file chapter 350.
TigerDroppings is not addictive.

It's the easiest thing in the world to quit.

I've quit it dozens of times.
Posted by Shorter Yards
Here and There
Member since Jun 2020
539 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 3:19 pm to
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I stubbed my toe this morning getting ready for work. Should I sue the furniture maker and the store that sold it to me?


Well, that depends. Did you repeatedly keep stubbing it on said furniture?
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
9071 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 3:22 pm to
META should sue her sorry arse parents
Posted by Cell of Awareness
Member since Jan 2024
1484 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 3:50 pm to
When I made the original post I may have left the impression I supported such cases.

I do not. I raise my kids. No need for courts to help.

Just pointing out that this looks like the next big target to skim for the plaintiff bar.
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
11919 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:02 pm to
Nothing will happen. They’ll just put “warning labels” on the platforms. Much like the cigarette companies. You knew this would cause harm…..fine, warning labels. People still want the addiction.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30139 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 6:10 pm to
quote:

I stubbed my toe this morning getting ready for work. Should I sue the furniture maker and the store that sold it to me?


If the furniture manufacturer went out of its way to design its furniture in a way that significantly increases the chance of you stubbing your toe and designed the features of the furniture to maximize damage and pain when you do stub your toe, then maybe. A similar hypo could be crafted where the store should also share part of the liability.

Your analogy was incredibly kind to the SM companies.

Posted by Lou Loomis
A pond. Ponds good for you.
Member since Mar 2025
1738 posts
Posted on 3/25/26 at 7:36 pm to
I really hate plaintiffs lawyers. Total scum who do nothing but extort the producers of this world to line their own pockets. It’s nothing but a giant wealth transfer scam enabled by legal extortion. And they’re enabled by the Democrats who write the laws that allow it.
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