How B.C.'s aborted social-media lawsuit is related to tobacco, and why that's dangerous [Globe and Mail, The (Toronto, Canada)]
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Canada's provinces and local governments are exploring and gearing up for legal showdowns with a broad range of industries, from social-media to fossil fuel companies and now Big Pharma. You may not be aware, but these are all largely based on British Columbia 's original efforts starting in 1998 to hold the tobacco industry accountable. Now over 25 years later, the B.C. government has been exploring the launch of a class-action lawsuit against social-media companies for the social harms they allegedly cause. (The government said on Thursday it shelved the move after reaching an agreement with companies, which it portrayed as favourable; evidently the threat of a lawsuit played a role.) Meanwhile, the Toronto District School Board continues with its similar lawsuit, and a group of municipalities in the province are also planning to sue fossil fuel companies on similar grounds. British Columbia was also the first province to launch a lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors
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