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Meta, TikTok, Snap ask US judge to rule on Section 230 immunity quickly in social media addiction case

( November 1, 2022, 22:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms, TikTok and Snap asked a US judge overseeing litigation that accuses the social media companies of using addictive algorithms that harmed the mental health of young users to first consider dispositive motions from the defendants claiming defenses under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment. "Because the product intangibility flaw is cross-cutting — and because the immunity afforded by the CDA and the First Amendment defense are comprehensive — the Court should address issues such as these (and potentially other cross-cutting issues) in a first phase of dispositive motions. If, as Defendants expect, Plaintiffs’ claims cannot survive these dispositive challenges, it would efficiently resolve the great majority of, if not all, cases in this litigation," Meta, TikTok and Snap told US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.See attached document....

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