Old Playbook, New Targets: Can the Tobacco Settlement Model Reform Meta?
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Former Mississippi AG Mike Moore, who helped negotiate the 1998 tobacco settlement, advocates a broader master settlement for social media as Meta agrees to roughly $17 billion with state AGs; proposed remedies include a national public education fund and usage safeguards, though experts say a single settlement may not resolve fast-changing tech harms or ongoing lawsuits against platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
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