Could social media firms be sued for harm caused to users? In the first of a three-part NLJ series on social media firms, Harry Lambert, Outer Temple Chambers, looks through ‘the lens of product liability, essentially posing the question: can social media platforms be conceptualised as defective products?’
Are TikTok, Twitter and other platforms protected by immunity? How does the law apply to social media algorithms? Lambert looks at the contracts and sets out his argument.
As he writes, ‘neuroscientific research shows beyond dispute that outrage, disgust, sex, fear and disgust will keep you hooked in a way that cat videos won’t. And the more time you spend online, the more money Big Tech makes’.
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