Topic: Mark Lanier

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Rackout
Episode 1854 1:05:30 - 1:12:50

1854: Rackout

Section 230 Challenges, Big Tobacco Legal Parallels

Legal analysts compare the current litigation against tech giants to the 1990s reckoning of the Big Tobacco industry. By focusing on "behavior modification by design" rather than content, plaintiffs' lawyers are successfully bypassing Section 230 and First Amendment protections. Fears are rising within Silicon Valley that these precedents will soon extend to AI chatbots and other addictive digital products.