These verdicts were the first time in history that juries confirmed social media companies have a duty to protect children using their platform and they must be held responsible when they fail. There are thousands of similar lawsuits pending nationwide exposing these companies to billions of dollars in potential liability. We've seen this story before. I know about it personally. It was called Big Tobacco in those days. It's Big Tech today. Big Tobacco knew its product was addictive. (01:22–01:32)
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