15 October 2026
Courts are holding platforms liable for product design, not user speech
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- Plaintiffs have gotten around Section 230, the US law that usually shields online platforms from lawsuits over user posts.
- They argue the harm comes from how a platform is designed, not from what users say on it.
- Recent March verdicts against Meta and YouTube, and a New Mexico case, are cited as examples.
How it was covered
PlatformerCasey Newton
Section 230 history, the Snap ruling, the Los Angeles and New Mexico verdicts, and Meta's penalties