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Unidentified speaker announces Arkansas suit against Google and YouTube over alleged harms to kids
Summary
An unidentified speaker at a press event said a lawsuit was filed in Phillips County against Alphabet Inc. and XXVI Holdings, alleging violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act tied to YouTube and YouTube Kids. The complaint seeks monetary damages, behavioral changes and funding for prevention education; the speaker said 42 signatories backed a letter to Congress on warning labels.
An unidentified speaker at a press event announced a lawsuit filed in Phillips County against Alphabet Inc. and XXVI Holdings, the parent companies of Google and YouTube, alleging the companies violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA) by designing platforms that target minors.
The speaker said the complaint, filed earlier the same day, seeks monetary damages, a requirement that the companies change certain product behaviors and funding for social media prevention education programs. “We filed a lawsuit in Phillips County against, Alphabet and XXVI Holdings,” the speaker said, and argued the platforms “intentionally designed their product to be addictive.”
Why it matters: the speaker framed the filing as part of a broader enforcement campaign focused on the effects of algorithmic…
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