Zuckerberg Dodges A Bullet: Judge Tosses Some Lawsuit Claims Against Meta CEO In Youth Harm Litigation
Zuckerberg Dodges A Bullet: Judge Tosses Some Lawsuit Claims Against Meta CEO In Youth Harm Litigation
Amid ongoing scrutiny over social media's impact on youth, a recent court decision has brought some relief to Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
What Happened: On Monday, a judge partially dismissed claims against Zuckerberg in a series of lawsuits that charged him with concealing the potential harm of Facebook and Instagram to children, Reuters reported. The U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, ruled out certain allegations against Zuckerberg.
The litigation is part of a larger group of lawsuits filed by children alleging that addiction to social media platforms has caused them harm. Of these, 25 lawsuits specifically targeted Zuckerberg, accusing him of misleading the public about the platforms' safety. However, Judge Rogers determined that the plaintiffs could not prove Zuckerberg had a personal duty to disclose risks based on his knowledge of Meta's products.
While this ruling is a win for Zuckerberg, Meta still faces other allegations in the ongoing lawsuits, which also involve tech giants like Alphabet, ByteDance, and Snap. These cases claim that children have suffered harm due to social media use and seek damages and cessation of the alleged harmful practices. Legal actions by several states and school districts against Meta are also underway.
Why It Matters: Meta has been under fire for issues related to child safety on its platforms. In February, the company faced internal concerns over the misuse of subscription tools on Facebook and Instagram, which were being exploited by adults targeting children.
In January, Zuckerberg apologized during a Senate hearing to families of online child abuse victims. This followed revelations from a whistleblower about Instagram's inadequate protection for young users from online harassment.
在對社交媒體對青年的影響持續審查中,最近的一項法院裁決使Meta Platforms(納斯達克股票代碼:META)首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格鬆了一口氣。
發生了什麼:路透社報道,週一,法官在一系列訴訟中部分駁回了對扎克伯格的指控,這些訴訟指控扎克伯格隱瞞了Facebook和Instagram對兒童的潛在危害。加利福尼亞州奧克蘭的美國地方法院法官伊馮娜·岡薩雷斯·羅傑斯排除了針對扎克伯格的某些指控。
該訴訟是兒童提起的更多訴訟的一部分,這些訴訟指控社交媒體平台成癮對他們造成了傷害。其中,有25起專門針對扎克伯格的訴訟,指控他在平台的安全性方面誤導了公衆。但是,羅傑斯法官裁定,根據扎克伯格對Meta產品的了解,原告無法證明扎克伯格有披露風險的個人責任。
儘管這項裁決是扎克伯格的勝利,但Meta在正在進行的訴訟中仍面臨其他指控,這些指控還涉及Alphabet、字節跳動和Snap等科技巨頭。這些案件聲稱兒童因使用社交媒體而遭受傷害,並要求賠償和停止所謂的有害行爲。一些州和學區也在對Meta採取法律行動。
爲何重要:Meta 因其平台上與兒童安全相關的問題而受到抨擊。2月,該公司因在Facebook和Instagram上濫用訂閱工具而面臨內部擔憂,這些工具正被成年人以兒童爲目標加以利用。
1月,扎克伯格在參議院聽證會上向在線虐待兒童受害者家屬道歉。在此之前,一位舉報人透露Instagram沒有充分保護年輕用戶免受在線騷擾。
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