‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-07-12 21:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Social media
Factuality Score: 90
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Culture & Entertainment, Military & Defence, Technology & AI, Law & Courts, Media, War & Conflict, Technology
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When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did they pull it off?
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