Meta must face states' child privacy claims, though US judge narrows scope of addiction claims citing Section 230 immunity
By Mike Swift and Xu Yuan ( October 15, 2024, 23:05 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms is partially but not completely insulated by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from claims that it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict teens and children to those services, a federal judge said today in narrowing—but not eliminating—children’s privacy and consumer protection claims filed by 34 states against the social media giant.Meta Platforms is only partially insulated by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from allegations it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict teens and children to those services, a federal judge said today in narrowing — but not eliminating — children’s privacy and consumer protection claims against the social media giant....
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