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Product-liability claims against TikTok, Google over harmful videos probed by US judge

By Maria Dinzeo ( July 22, 2025, 21:30 GMT | Insight) -- A US judge cast doubt on attempts to hold TikTok and Google liable for failing to remove harmful videos under a product-liability and false-misrepresentation theory, suggesting the claims are still barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which broadly protects platforms from lawsuits over content moderation.A US federal judge expressed significant doubt about whether parents and advocates suing TikTok and Google over allegedly faulty video reporting tools can get around the broad content-moderation protections in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act....

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