'Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media' is a gripping documentary that exposes the dark side of social media an | dG1fbGV0aXM1NDJoZlE
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00:00Tell me exactly what happened. I'm trying to give him CPR. I need to give him CPR
00:04I'm trying to give him CPR
00:06I need you to take a breath. I need you to take a breath
00:08We will take him off
00:13I feel like TikTok just put the gun in his hand and told him pull the trigger
00:18How many more children have to die because snapchat chooses profits over safety. I have stopped
00:25Seven times. I don't know of any other kids that OD'd on fentanyl that are still here
00:31The social media victims law center is a law firm founded for the sole purpose of holding social media companies accountable for the harms
00:39That they're causing children
00:40Let's say I'm a dealer. I can easily locate you. I'm gonna be at the park around the corner
00:45You can come meet me here. It's like the platform was built for that. I found my son's lifeless body due to fentanyl poisoning
00:51They have the best distribution system in the world and nobody has stopped them. What do you say to those parents? Mr
00:58Spiegel
00:59I'm, so sorry that we have not been able to prevent these tragedies
01:05For years because of section 230
01:08The doors to this courthouse and the entire american legal system was closed to them
01:14These products were specifically designed to be addictive to adolescent brains and this is known to the defendant
01:21It's just me and glenn and laura down here up against the most powerful richest companies in the world
01:26People say david and goliath, but I said it's not goliath. This is leviathan
01:30We're gathering evidence that is going to show the judge that snapchat's full of it when they say that we don't know how it works
01:37We don't know how it works
01:39Hi, michael, we're gonna make a difference
01:41This is the first case that's ever been tried in this way
01:44Based on the design of their algorithm based on the design of their platform not the content
01:50My son and his girlfriend had had disagreements imagine having that sadness and you're searching for help
01:57And what you're getting is suicide content
02:02These companies have been gaslighting us for years
02:04This is all about money the purpose of all commercial ventures is to create a demand
02:11Our children are the casualties. We need to take back the power from these companies
02:16And they created a dangerous situation and then manipulated these kids they know the levels of addiction
02:23Sexual abuse they know the levels of suicide. They're not showing our kids what they want to see
02:29They're showing you what they can't look away from
02:35We all feel empathy for the plaintiffs and their losses
02:39But plaintiffs have not and indeed cannot assert any legal theory under which snap would be held accountable
02:45These parents are going out there every day and re-traumatizing themselves
02:50I will never see his face again or hear his laugh if this can save even one person it'll be worth it
03:02This is a fight i've been training for for 30 years. All right, let's go to war
03:07Fine
03:14Until the final breath