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4 Canadian school boards sue social media companies for $2.96B

04/02/202404/01/2024 Sam Lambert

The school boards have included several giants such as Meta Platforms and Snap in the suit Four school boards in Canada have filed a lawsuit against social media giants such as Meta Platforms and Snap for over $2.96 billion (CAD$4 billion. The lawsuit accuses the companies of causing harm to the school boards’ students. According to a statement released jointly by the four participating school boards, the products released and maintained by the social media companies have been “negligently designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave,…

Elon Musk faces lawsuit for backing out of $44 billion Twitter takeover

07/14/202207/13/2022 L. Green

The Tesla and SpaceX founder cited issues with fake accounts as his reason for withdrawing. Elon Musk recently announced that he was abandoning his intentions for a Twitter takeover, claiming that the social media platform was in violation of the agreement they had made. On Tuesday, the social media company filed a court order in Delaware to require the completion of the deal. Twitter Inc. has sued Elon Musk for being in violation of the $44 billion Twitter takeover deal. The lawsuit included a request that a Delaware court order…