Section 230 was built to shield tech giants from what users post — not, the Ninth Circuit ruled, from claims that Meta, Google and TikTok built platforms designed to addict them.

An appeals court ruled an appeal was made too early in the process to use Section 230 of the Communications Act as a defense.

Aug 10 : A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and other social media…