USA: Berufungsgericht lässt Tausende Sucht-Klagen gegen Social-Media-Konzerne zu
Meta, Google, Tiktok und Snap wird vorgeworfen, ihre Plattformen gezielt so zu gestalten, dass sie junge Nutzer süchtig machen. Ein Berufungsgericht in San Francisco wies den Versuch zweier Konzerne zurück, entsprechende Klagen frühzeitig abzuweisen.
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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