Anthony Johnson's podcast episode Big Tech Is Facing Lawsuits, Could You or Your Family Qualify? runs 49 minutes. Cut 30 to 45 second moments, like Who Qualifies for the Claim or It's the Product, Not the Content, for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Movies and YouTube clips can fill in.
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Big Tech Is Facing Lawsuits, Could You or Your Family Qualify?, Anthony JohnsonPODCAST15m of 49m readHORIZONTAL82HIGH
Anthony Johnson lays out his mass tort lawsuits against Meta, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok
In the first 15 minutes, Danny Kaufman introduces Anthony Johnson, who traces his path from computer engineer and stockbroker to mass torts against drug and tech companies. Johnson says his Meta litigation also targets YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok over a defective product design, not content, after the First Amendment defense failed.
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He argues platforms tune likes and notifications into intermittent variable reward systems that maximize addiction in young users before age 15. He recounts a Los Angeles trial where YouTube and Meta paid $6 million, with $3 million added to punish Facebook, and lists who qualifies: kids aged five to 17 who averaged over three hours a day and can sign up by 25.
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Anthony JohnsonGuestsuper lawyer taking on big tech
Anthony Johnson pitches his mass-tort case against Meta, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTokPODCAST15m of 49m read80HIGH
In the first 15 minutes, Anthony Johnson, a lawyer who worked as a computer engineer and a stockbroker before law school, pitches his mass-tort fight against Meta, YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok. He recalls his grandfather taking Actos, getting pancreatic cancer and suing, a case he says pushed him into mass torts.
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Johnson argues the platforms lost their Section 230 defence because the claim targets the product's design, not the content, and that likes and notifications act as intermittent variable reward systems built to hook children before they turn 15.
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Johnson says the case already has over 100,000 claims and potential damages in the tens of billions, the size he argues it takes to change the companies' behaviour.
HOOK IDEA SUGGESTIONThe design itself is what makes it addictive for childrenFrom the line “And there are things that are in the design that make it very addictive for children.”
HOOK IDEA SUGGESTIONExecutives keep their own kids off social media. Here is why.From the line “Ironically, a lot of these executives don't let their kids on social media because they know what's happening on the back end, right.”
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It is not about the content. It is about the productFrom the line “And then they really realize that this isn't about First Amendment rights or, or, you know, the content itself is about the product.” in Big Tech Is Facing Lawsuits, Could You or Your Family Qualify?, Anthony Johnson at 7:01
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