Check out our April roundup of CAG in the news!
Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability
NPR, April 3, 2026
Shannon Bond
This NPR article describes a turning point in holding social media companies accountable with recent jury verdicts against platforms like Meta and YouTube for harms caused by product design, specifically addictive features and failures to protect children. As someone who has long pushed that tech companies should be treated like product manufacturers and held liable for defective designs, not just user content, Carrie shared comments on our earlier cases. She specifically references our lawsuit against Grindr, and how tech companies have been shielded by Section 230. NPR reports that now courts are becoming increasingly receptive to the product liability theory: decisions about how platforms function and profit “should” carry liability if they cause injury.
You can also listen to Carrie’s commentary on NPR’s Morning Edition.
“This is the dawn of a new era, with people finally getting to hold tech platforms responsible for the harms they cause.” — Carrie Goldberg
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He used Hinge to rape women. Guess who Big Tech is protecting?
USA Today, April 13, 2026
Carrie Goldberg
In a powerful op-ed for USA Today, our founder Carrie wrote about Jeffrey Epstein’s use of Hinge, and how Match group protected him. Back in 2012, Match.com congratulated Epstein on his “first 18 matches” and sent him curated profiles of women in their early 20s, even though he was a registered sex offender. This was public, variable info, and Match.com sent him profiles anyway. But this wasn’t a bug – it was part of a larger pattern.
We represent a group of survivors suing Match Group for knowingly allowing Dr. Stephen Matthews, a serial rapist in Colorado, to use its apps as a breeding ground for new victims. Match Group owns the majority of the most popular dating apps used today. Yet it’s Match Group’s own conduct, including its design choices, safety failures, and continued promotion of a known, reported rapist, that has placed users in foreseeable danger. It’s time to hold Match Group accountable and seek justice for survivors everywhere.
“When companies design environments that predictably place people in danger, the judicial system exists to intervene. Epstein’s access to dating platforms and Matthews’ yearslong reign on Hinge reveal an industry that has prioritized growth and profit over user safety.” — Carrie Goldberg
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Canadian ‘poison killer’ linked to 112 deaths in the UK is to avoid a murder trial in plea deal
Daily Mail, April 19, 2026
Taryn Kaur Peddler
This article reports that the Canadian man Kenneth Law who was accused of distributing a lethal substance, sodium nitrite, linked to as many as 112 deaths (including children) in the U.K., may avoid a full murder trial through a plea deal. Victims’ families are devasted by this potential outcome, as it limits public accountability and transparency in a case involving widespread harm, and that “justice is being watered down.” With Carrie and Partner Naomi Leeds leading the charge in holding Amazon responsible for selling Sodium Nitrite and knowing the broader systemic and legal issues surrounding Law’s global poisoning operation, Carried is quoted in the article, sharing the devastating account of one of the families that was irreparably harmed after their child ordered Sodium Nitrite from Law.
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Attempt underway to close loophole in New York’s laws against stalking and harassment
CBS News, April 30, 2026
Ali Bauman
Check out coverage from our first CREEP rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall!!! In March, we went to Albany for our second lobbying day within the past year to educate lawmakers about the CREEP Act (New York State bill S3394A/A3226A). We’re grateful to everyone who supported us that day from afar, and to everyone who showed up on April 30, including bill sponsors Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, as well as Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. Our founder Carrie Goldberg, Chief of Staff Norma Buster (both survivors of stalking), and incredible Legislative Analyst Jian Hong Shi, who has led the charge on working to get CREEP passed, all delivered powerful remarks on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall!
