Tech-Konzerne: US-Gericht lässt Tausende Klagen gegen Meta und TikTok zu
In den Klagen wird den Konzernen vorgeworfen, dass sie junge Nutzer süchtig machen. Eine Berufung gegen die Klage von Meta und TikTok hat ein Gericht nun abgewiesen.
A US appeals court on Monday opened the door for thousands of lawsuits against Meta Platforms, Google's parent Alphabet, TikTok's ByteDance-owned platform, and Snap. The lawsuits accuse the corporations of designing their products to hook young users. The San Francisco-based court rejected Meta and TikTok's appeal to overturn a previous court decision, which argued that a 1996 law protecting online companies from lawsuits over user-generated content also applied to the current allegations.
While the appeals court acknowledged the law provided some defense against liability, it ruled it did not grant immunity from lawsuits. The court also denied Meta's request to postpone a trial scheduled for Wednesday. In this case, 29 US states are suing the corporation for allegedly collecting illegal data from children, designing its platforms to be addictive, and misleading users about their safety.
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