Aaron Ross Powell: Ignorant school board members meet grifter attorneys to produce a hugely stupid lawsuit. www.9news.com/article/news...

Ignorant school board members meet grifter attorneys to produce a hugely stupid lawsuit. www.9news.com/article/news...

Denver school board votes to pursue lawsuit against social media companieswww.9news.com DPS board voted to retain attorneys to sue organizations like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for damages over claims they damage mental health

They forgot to sue the NRA. What the actual (etc)?

At least it appears in this case that it’s being done on contingency.

Yep. This is the business model. The firm does presentations to lots of gullible school boards, promising them riches at no risk. I bet their presentation is very slick.

And then they just collect nuisance settlements?

I’m sure they can claim a “reasonable likelihood of prevailing” without breaking a smile.

A few settlements will probably be enough to cover their nut, and then some.

As the school board has no skin in the game, ultimately this is merely a legal positioning exercise (bet) that the law firms are using a.. what’s the right term? Patsy? to run a case?

Well, the school board isn’t doing it for money and probably isn’t paying costs. The district has standing. The allegations, if proven, seem actionable. And social media companies should be liable if they know or should know that their algorithm is promoting suicidal content to depressed teens.

This reminds me of people suing McDonalds for making them fat.

Ah, now I understand why there’s signs to oust the DPD school board all over here. We also made the brilliant decision to elect an 18 year old to the board not 5 years ago, I wonder if this is related

Did you check the vote roll?

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