Comment on Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial; Ordered to pay woman $3 million
Binturong@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
CLASS ACTION NOW! Gut these psychotic corporations that are experimenting on our fucking minds in real time, and nationalize their digital infrastructure so it can be run for the betterment of society rather than the profits of shareholders. Make us all the stakeholders in what can be a transformational tool for social good if freed from endless technoligarchical greed.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
FUCK CLASS ACTIONS! Those are made to cater to the defendant, by consolidating a ton of independent lawsuits into a single one. It only makes the defendant’s job easier, while the individuals who were directly affected get pennies. Sue them directly, and make them defend every. Single. Individual. Case. You want to really make them hurt? The best way to do that is with a million individual lawsuits, not one big lawsuit.
spongebue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not sure I agree with that. I’ll take an unexpected five bucks because of Red Bull’s false advertising that some ingredient doesn’t have literal energy (calories) to it. I wouldn’t start my own lawsuit over it, which may or may not be as successful. More importantly, every class action notice I’ve ever gotten had instructions to opt out and initiate my own legal action if I so choose. Also, if we’re talking about a class that includes thousands/millions of people, there are only so many lawyers involved in whatever specialty.
Tl;dr class actions penalize companies on behalf of those who wouldn’t realistically file their own lawsuit while still allowing those who would.
Binturong@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I agree with you, I fully support whatever mechanism that can handle and managed to provided the best path to success and exact the most pain and punishment to these companies in the name of restoring the most victims of their ongoing crimes. I assumed that was class action but I’m all for a million separate trials too, however that happens.