Have we finally reached the 'Big Tobacco moment' for Big Tech?

Finally, a legal argument has pierced the protective shield Big Tech has been given by the three-decade-old Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (1996), writes Alex Cooney

A court ruled yesterday that Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube were deliberately designed to be addictive and that their design caused serious harm to a young girl. Photo: Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas via AFP

There have been a few moments over the past 10 years of working in online safety for children that might well have been described as "tobacco moments".

Some point to the Cambridge Analytica scandal coming to light in 2018, which exposed massive misuse of personal data for political gain.