Ryan Knudson

So in this case, the plaintiff is just asking for monetary damages, but it's a bellwether in the sense that it could encourage or discourage other plaintiffs to settle or the company to settle future cases.

If the companies are held liable in this case, what does that mean for Section 230, this shield that tech companies have relied on for so long?

This is probably the most important question in my mind.

If the companies are held liable for the way that they design the apps, this is a whole new frontier.

They have finally found a way to get around Section 230.

These plaintiffs have never been able to get around Section 230.

If they are able to do this, it doesn't weaken Section 230 per se, but it provides a route through which these companies actually can be held accountable.

That's all for today.

Thursday, February 19th.

The Journal is a co-production of Spotify and The Wall Street Journal.

Additional reporting in this episode by Aaron Mulvaney.

Thanks for listening.

See you tomorrow.

Shortly before the Super Bowl, someone went on Polymarket, that site where you can bet on everything from sports to politics to the weather, and placed 19 very specific bets.

I sat down with our colleague Keelan Ostroff to take a look at that person's account.

All the trades on Polymarket are public, but users can be anonymous.

I want you to just walk us through what we're looking at here.

This is the guy who's the Super Bowl guy.

The person bet around $19,000 that Lady Gaga would have a surprise performance.

They bet $3,000 that Cardi B would, too.