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A Strategy to Treat Big Tech Like Big Tobacco

A Strategy to Treat Big Tech Like Big Tobacco

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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A historic set of new lawsuits, filed by more than three dozen
states, accuses Meta, the country’s largest social media company,
of illegally luring children onto its platforms and hooking them
on its products.

Natasha Singer, who covers technology, business and society for
The New York Times, has been reviewing the states’ evidence and
trying to understand the long-term strategy behind these
lawsuits.

Guest: Natasha Singer, a reporter covering technology, business
and society for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Meta was sued by more than three dozen states that accuse it
of knowingly using features on Instagram and Facebook to hook
children.

Industry lawsuits are stymying new laws on children and
social media.

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