‘Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media’ is a gripping documentary that exposes the dark side of social media and its devastating impact on young users. Directors Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz take viewers inside the high-stakes legal battle to hold tech companies accountable for the harm caused by their negligence and dangerous algorithms. Based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News’ Olivia Carville, the film follows the Social Media Victims Law Center fighting for justice for families whose children suffered tragic consequences linked to social media use. As families seek justice, ‘Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media’ underscores the urgent need for industry reform and serves as both a wake-up call about the dangers of social media-and a call to action to protect future generations.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1452058-can-t-look-away-the-case-against-social-media
Before folks get too excited about this, there’s a whiff of this being a hit piece against Section 230, the part of US law that provides “good Samaritan” protection to website operators against civil lawsuits over the content on their platforms.
There’s a big push to either repeal or replace this law which, while quite flawed in many ways, effectively shapes what is and isn’t permitted on the Internet.
Does it need improvement? Absolutely. But is this the Congress you want deciding what those changes should be?
Well buckle up, because it’s fucking happening: