There's a good argument Mark Zuckerberg should be personally liable for much of the property destruction and harm taking place across the United States.

The argument here is that Facebook is not a speech platform, it's a product, and it should face product liability claims for the harm it causes. There are enough instances of 'rumors spread on social media' leading to violence to show what's happening. https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1300104029075369984

One of the smartest lawyers @cagoldberglaw focusing on tech platforms sees these corporations as offering defectively designed products. They are not platforms for speech. Facebook/Twitter are simply unsafe products. https://twitter.com/cagoldberglaw/status/1184641323481157633?s=20

Former Googler @tristanharris has accumulated a large stock of research on how these products addict and harm adults and especially children. These are *products.* Social media should be regulated in part under product liability law. https://ledger.humanetech.com/ 

It's fun to watch the meltdown from elite corporate lawyers like @tedfrank as I point out a very obvious reality about how Facebook works. Their snotty legal posture is in fact a defense of mass murder (in Myanmar and increasingly elsewhere), property destruction and mass harm.

Zuckerberg continually apologizes for failure when Facebook induces harm. His employees are angry that the corporation's services foster certain types of behavior. Sean Parker even admitted that the company's services are addictive.

Legal sneering doesn't mitigate reality.

If Facebook had been held liable for the genocide in Myanmar it helped induce years ago, we wouldn't be facing the constant and endless 'rumors spread on social media led to XYZ conflict' dynamic. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebook-genocide.html

Dumb libertarian lawyers and randos imagine that elevated conflict in the U.S. is some unique circumstances. It's happening globally and it's not just about this particular political moment. Michael Lewis has noted higher levels of anger at referees in sporting events since 2014!