A new legal argument suggests that social media algorithms are causing mental, physical and sometimes lethal injury to kids. Rates of self-harm and suicide are up over the last decade. Now a slew of personal injury lawsuits around the country are going after social media companies. Is it Today Explained or Chag Explains? We'll let you decide!
Congress has yet to pass legislation regulating social media companies, so parents are taking matters into their own hands. A lawyer representing them explains how a new spin on an old legal theory might lead to a big win.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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