See You in Court

See You in Court

From Left To Their Own Devices by Toronto Star

October 31, 2025 · 37 min · Season 1 · Episode 7

About this episode

This episode explores landmark lawsuits against social media companies for their impact on youth and education.

In the absence of meaningful regulation, thousands of young people are now looking to the justice system to hold Big Tech accountable. In this episode, we go inside three landmark lawsuits that could finally force social media companies to answer for the damage they've done. New Mexico's Attorney General, Raul Torrez, has seen the darkest corners of the internet. After twenty years prosecuting child sex crimes, he knows exactly where predators hunt today: social media. In a groundbreaking lawsuit against Meta, Torrez is alleging that Facebook and Instagram have become a "breeding ground for predators". And he's determined to change that. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Duncan Embury is spearheading a lawsuit on behalf of twenty three different school boards in Ontario. School boards who say that Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram have made teaching next to impossible. Duncan and his team believe that these platforms are knowingly targeting kids while they're at school. And he says that if that doesn't stop, these platforms won't just disrupt education. They'll destroy it. On the other side of the continent, Laura Marquez Garrett is representing more than 4,000 kids who allege they've been…

Topics covered

  • Big Tech accountability
  • social media impact
  • youth lawsuits
  • education disruption
  • child safety
  • legal action

Keywords

  • lawsuits
  • social media
  • Big Tech
  • youth
  • education
  • child safety
  • predators
  • mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram

Places: New Mexico, Toronto, Ontario

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