
Wisconsin Town Defeats Big Tech, Shares Battle Plan
When a secretive tech company tried to build a massive data center in Menomonie, Wisconsin, residents fought back and won. Now they've created a toolkit to help other communities do the same.
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When a secretive tech company tried to build a massive data center in Menomonie, Wisconsin, residents fought back and won. Now they've created a toolkit to help other communities do the same.

The man who exposed big tobacco's targeting of children in the 1990s believes recent court victories against Meta and YouTube mark a turning point. Jeffrey Wigand sees social media companies facing the same reckoning tobacco giants did decades ago.

Two landmark jury decisions found Meta and YouTube responsible for harming children's mental health, marking a major shift in Big Tech accountability. For the first time, courts validated what parents and advocates have been saying for years about social media dangers.

For the first time ever, a jury found social media giants responsible for harming a young person's mental health. The landmark verdict could spark sweeping changes across Big Tech, similar to what tobacco companies faced decades ago.