Tech Giants Facing a Tobacco-Style Reckoning
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Meta’s loss over adolescent-addiction design, along with ongoing scrutiny of Google, signals a tobacco-style regulatory reckoning for Big Tech as regulators tighten on teen use—even as investors largely shrug off the verdict.
- Is Big Tech Facing a Big Tobacco Moment? The New York Times
- Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial The New York Times
- Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children The Guardian
- Big Tech critics hail ‘Big Tobacco moment’ in landmark social media verdict CNN
- Meta's court defeats add to Zuckerberg's recent woes, represent 'watershed event' for social media CNBC
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