Social Media on Trial

Landmark case against Meta: Focus shifts from online content to 'design and infrastructure'

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Leïla Mörch, CEO / Founder of Geminy. She specializes in technology, public policy, with a focus on social media regulation. She sees the landmark trial against Meta as potentially significant not simply because the social media giant is being asked to answer for harms associated with social media, but because the legal focus is shifting from content to design. Section 230 has historically shaped debates around…

Social media on trial

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Local expert discusses 'addictive' social media designs amidst META trial

Boise State professor Paul Hunhoff shared how features on social media platforms affect the brain chemistry of people who overuse the platform.