There have been serious lawsuits between social media platforms and users in the United States recently. Although it is quite difficult to decide these cases, the judges reach a decision after long courthouse adventures. The latest of these decisions was made regarding a constitutional article that giant social media platforms such as Meta wanted to change. According to this decision, you now have the chance to file a lawsuit by saying “I am addicted to the Instagram platform.” Here are the details…

New decisions have been made regarding social media platforms in the USA!

Social media addiction is actually nothing new, as platforms are developing new ways to enable social media users to consume content more easily and quickly. Now, a US judge has made a decision on this issue, which they do not want to call addiction. We can say that the only legal article that the platforms can hide behind has been deemed to have been refuted in a way.

The court on the issue actually came to light thanks to the platform administrators. Accordingly, platforms such as Instagram and Twitter wanted to make changes to Article 230 of the US Communications Decency Act. Accordingly, the issue of social media addiction would be a situation that would only concern users, not platforms. Sort of like cigarette manufacturers. Even though cigarette manufacturers are prohibited from doing anything to market their products, users buy them themselves and become addicted.

The article on the subject was also wanted to be changed as it exempted them from the addiction caused by social media platforms. However, the decision taken by the judge stated that this article cannot be changed because the platforms make changes to achieve faster content consumption and change user habits in this direction, and therefore users, especially young users, can complain about the platforms due to addiction.

In short, we can say that the platforms have lost the only thing they were hiding behind. Because the decision taken will set a precedent for similar cases in the future. In addition, especially young people use Instagram, Twitter, etc. It also makes it possible for them to file a lawsuit due to their addiction to platforms. Details on the subject will be finalized in the coming days.

So what do you think about this issue? Do you think the decision to sue platforms like Instagram is right? Don’t forget to express your opinions in the comments section…