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1 day agoSocial Media Companies Face Trial on Addiction Claims (Correct)
Four major tech companies must stand trial over allegations their social media platforms were designed to addict youths.
But I saw many class actions and mass torts that seemed designed only to transfer money from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to plaintiffs' lawyers. Whether a drug or device actually harmed anyone was beside the point; anyone who was actually hurt could file their own individual lawsuit. The class actions and mass torts picked up the stragglers, whose situations didn't merit filing a case - people who overpaid for an allegedly dangerous drug