Meta Must Face Massachusetts Lawsuit Over Social Media Harm

Social media giant Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by the state of Massachusetts alleging that it knowingly designed its Instagram platform to be harmful to children and has misled the public that it is safe.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last Friday ruled that a federal law (Section 230) that shields Internet firms from liability for content posted on their sites does not shield Meta from a lawsuit relating to the features in the design of Instagram that the state alleges harm children’s mental health.

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