How Will Social Media Immunity Laws Change to Protect Users?
Video Transcript
Social media immunity laws will likely narrow Section 230 protections through 1–3 targeted reforms focused on youth safety, product design, and duty-to-warn claims. Courts are increasingly allowing cases to test whether platforms’ own conduct falls outside blanket immunity. This article explains the key legal defenses, emerging exceptions, and what users and families can expect next.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
It doesn’t seem like somebody should be able to have a blanket immunity.
Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney – Suffolk County, NY
These are defenses each and every case is going to have to overcome, and so far we think that we have some pretty good traction in this litigation. So, I don’t think that we’ve arrived there yet. 230 certainly exists, it’s certainly a defense, but they didn’t get that across the board, you can’t sue us for anything kind of defense that I think that you’re concerned about.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
So… Well, that’s good. That’s actually really good to know.
Steven Gacovino – Social Media Youth Harm Attorney – Suffolk County, NY
We feel like we’re always cautiously optimistic that we’re moving forward in a good direction.