In the 1990s, tobacco companies faced a series of trials that ultimately held them accountable for selling a product they knew was harmful – they became known as the ‘tobacco trials’.
Now there’s a series of landmark trials taking place in the US, where lawyers representing people allegedly harmed by social media are trying a new line of attack against tech giants.
Could social media companies be about to face the same fate?
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