America is an incredibly litigious society, spending more than $300 billion per year, or nearly $1,000 per person, on tort litigation. Every day, trial lawyers searching for hefty payouts are finding new products to target and new clients to take on. They may have just found the ultimate jackpot: the digital domain.

A Los Angeles jury recently held Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube liable to the tune of $6 million for allegedly harmful design features, like infinite scrolling and “like” buttons, which made a 20-year-old woman “feel very depressed” and insecure about her looks. 

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And rest assured: There are thousands of copycat cases in the works against large tech companies. These cases not only pose serious free speech concerns but also send a signal to trial lawyers targeting other sectors — such as the healthcare industry — that the floodgates are open for dubious claims. This will not only clog the courts and cost taxpayers but lead to increased prices on everything from digital subscriptions to vaccines. It’s time to put a stop to this legal free-for-all........

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