The Social Media Settlement: A Lesson from Tobacco's Past As the dust settles on Meta's $17 billion settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general, many are hailing it as a landmark victory in the fight against social media's addiction inducing and youth harming practices.
Mike Moore, the former Mississippi attorney general who helped negotiate the tobacco master settlement in 1998, sees parallels between the two battles.
However, experts warn that the universe of Big Tech and social media presents an array of challenges that may limit the viability of this old playbook.