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TikTok defends algorithm before Oregon judge

By Maria Dinzeo ( April 11, 2025, 22:18 GMT | Insight) -- At a hearing on TikTok’s motion to dismiss Oregon’s youth-harm lawsuit, the company likened its algorithm to a bookseller or “bespoke newspaper,” protected by Section 230 and the First Amendment, while Oregon countered that the case is about design defects, not content.Trying to convince an Oregon judge to dismiss the state attorney general’s lawsuit for deceptive practices, a lawyer for TikTok argued in court today that its algorithm is really no different than a bookseller or “bespoke newspaper,” and that the social media company shouldn’t be punished because users like its content....

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