Request by the County Attorney for an Executive Session pursuant to §551.071, Government Code, for approval to file litigation on behalf of the County against certain social media companies in connection with their delivery of harmful content to youth and failure to warn users of the dangers caused by their platforms, including, but not limited to, Meta Platforms, Inc., Facebook Holdings, LLC, Facebook Operations, LLC, Facebook Payments, Inc., Facebook Technologies, LLC; Instagram, LLC; Siculus, Inc.; Snap Inc.; TikTok, Inc.; Bytedance, Inc., and any of their subsidiaries and/or related companies and any other individual or entity.

Committee

Commissioners Court

Requested by

Emergency/Supplemental items

Introduced

January 25, 2024

On agenda

January 30, 2024

Passed

January 30, 2024

Where it was heard

Commissioners Court Jan 30, 2024 approved Pass

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