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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Kari Paul

‘They’re addicting kids and they know it’: the attorney challenging social media firms

A TikTok sign on a building
TikTok’s office in Culver City, California, in 2023. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

Next week, executives from some of the biggest social media firms will be called before the US Congress to answer questions about their “failure to protect” children who use their platforms.

In attendance will be Matthew P Bergman, founding attorney of the Social Media Victims Law Center – a law firm dedicated exclusively to representing the families of children allegedly harmed by social media. The firm has filed cases against platforms including Meta, Snap, TikTok, and Discord.

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