Massachusetts High Court Rejects Section 230 Defense In Instagram Addiction Suit

( April 10, 2026, 2:09 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on April 10 affirmed a trial court’s ruling denying dismissal by Meta Platforms Inc. and Instagram LLC in a suit filed against them by the commonwealth of Massachusetts alleging that Instagram’s design features cause addiction in youth, finding that interlocutory review is appropriate and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not bar the commonwealth’s claims because the alleged harm results from the way in which the platform is designed rather than the content of the information published....