Making Social Media Safer: How Lawsuits Are Changing the Game with Matt Bergman

About this episode

This episode discusses how lawsuits are influencing the safety of social media for young people.

As courts increasingly examine the impact of social media on young people, new legal approaches are beginning to reshape how responsibility for harms are understood, shifting the focus from content to platform design. On this special episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry speaks with Matthew Bergman, founding attorney of the Social Media Victims Law Center, professor of Lewis & Clark Law School, and a member of Children and Screens’ Scientific Advisory Board. Bergman also served on the l...

People in this episode

Host: Kris Perry

Guest: Matthew Bergman

Topics covered

• social media
• lawsuits
• youth safety
• platform responsibility
• legal approaches

Keywords

• social media
• lawsuits
• youth
• platform design
• legal responsibility

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Social Media Victims Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law School, Children and Screens

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