Empowering Parents to Protect Their Kids and Hold Social Media Companies Accountable
WHO WE ARE
The Social Media Victims Law Center
The Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) works to hold social media companies legally accountable for the harm they inflict on vulnerable users. SMVLC seeks to apply principles of product liability to force social media companies to elevate consumer safety to the forefront of their economic analysis and design safer platforms that protect users from foreseeable harm.
Matt Bergman on Tech CEOs Testifying Under Oath
The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s hearing calling on the CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap, and Discord to testify under oath about the severe harm their products cause children and young adults is historic.
As attorneys for families whose lives have been shattered by the loss of their children due to social media, we hope these CEOs will share critical information with Congress and the American people about how their products were designed and what their companies might be willing to do differently such that children and teens are no longer subject to sexual exploitation, self-harm, and death through the use of social media.
Our greatest hope is that the testimony that comes out of this hearing will shed light on what social media companies know about the addictive and dangerous nature of their products and how we can all work together to avoid any further harm being inflicted on America’s kids.
People who are taking care of loved ones who are traumatized can’t stop thinking what they are going through. One reason it was so invaluable we had Matt in our lives is I was so completely distraught over what was happening that it was wonderful to know that someone in the background was making certain that things were being taking care of. I will always be grateful for that..
I would like to thank you and your staff for your continued efforts and support in assisting our family. . . Your firms’ relentless pursuit for justice is greatly appreciated.
Effects of Social Media
Recent Cases
Social Media Victims Law Center and C.A. Goldberg, PLLC amend
Neville Complaint alleging Snap, Inc. knew for years that Snapchat
was being used as an “open-air digital drug market”
Social Media Victims Law Center sues Snapchat for its role in facilitating drug sales that resulted in the deaths of 27 individuals
Social Media Victims Law Center sues ByteDance and TikTok in the death of 16-year-old Chase Nasca; Parents travel to Washington D.C. to hear congressional testimony of TikTok CEO
Social Media Victims Law Center, Law Office of John V. Elmore, Giffords Law Center file wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of victims of 2022 mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, N.Y.
Social Media Victims Law Center and C.A. Goldberg, PLLC amend
Neville Complaint alleging Snap, Inc. knew for years that Snapchat
was being used as an “open-air digital drug market”
Social Media Victims Law Center sues Snapchat for its role in facilitating drug sales that resulted in the deaths of 27 individuals
Social Media in the News
As major tech CEOs prepare to testify about protecting children on social media, one mother is suing over her daughter’s suicide
As major tech CEOs prepare to testify about protecting children on social media, one mother is suing over her daughter’s suicide