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Meta Platforms has lobbied the U.S. Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young users and their families, according to a source familiar with the matter.
If adopted by lawmakers and passed into law as part of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under consideration in the U.S. Senate, such a provision could undermine thousands of lawsuits against Meta and other online platforms over harms to children. Meta and Google's YouTube face a combined $6 million in damages after they lost the first case at trial early this year.
Meta Platforms已游说美国国会，寻求在与Instagram等社交媒体产品相关的儿童伤害索赔中获得法律豁免权。该公司正面临来自年轻用户及其家属的数千起诉讼，据知情人士透露。
如果该条款被立法者采纳并作为美国参议院正在审议的《儿童在线安全法案》（KOSA）的一部分通过成为法律，那么这一规定可能削弱针对Meta及其他在线平台关于儿童伤害的数千起诉讼。Meta和谷歌旗下的YouTube在今年早些时候输掉首案后，共同面临600万美元的损害赔偿。
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