PressCAG in the News – February 2026

Check out our February roundup of CAG in the news!

What Carrie Goldberg Has Learned from Suing Big Tech

Tech Policy Press, February 8, 2026
Justin Hendrix

Our founder Carrie shared why she started the firm back in 2014, how she became known as the “revenge porn lawyer,” and how her work quickly evolved into “very intense product liability cases against apps,” with many of them involving wrongful death cases. In response to the criticism Carrie has received over her cases and drive for legislative reform – specifically reforms for Section 230 – she says brings it on: “I would say that the most helpful people in terms of sharpening my arguments and my lawsuits are my critics.”

Carrie and Justin conclude the conversation with what fuels Carrie and our team, especially given the perpetual look into people’s trauma – it’s our clients. We sue for money, but money won’t bring back their loved ones. BUT we fight so that it doesn’t happen to another family.

“Getting to take a client’s trauma and alchemize it into a way to get them justice. It’s very relieving for the client. And so I’m not just constantly immersed in a client’s pain. I’m like, “How do we transform this to make it so that this doesn’t happen to another family?” And that’s usually what my clients’ goal is. We sue for money, but their biggest… Money’s never going to satisfy them. I could get them a $1 billion dollar judgment and they will go home miserable because they won’t have their child who’ve died because of that harm. It won’t bring back the tragic loss that they’re dealing with. But what they do care about is making sure that this doesn’t happen to another family.” — Carrie Goldberg

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Landmark 9-0 Appeal in Amazon Suicide Cases Media Coverage

On February 19, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court (WASC) ruled unanimously 9-0 in our case against Amazon. Amazon sold and delivered a suicide chemical, Sodium Nitrite (SN), to our clients’ loved ones causing their excruciating deaths. For years, America’s biggest retailer fought to keep the case out of court. And now they can’t. Since February 2022, our firm has brought a total of 10 lawsuits against Amazon.com, Inc., on behalf of the families for 28 individuals who are now dead due to Amazon’s negligence and disregard for human life.

With this unanimous 9-0 decision, WA law now makes it clear that suicide does NOT automatically block liability for selling suicide products. This decision sends a clear message that Big Tech can be held accountable when profits come at the expense of human life. Death by suicide does not erase Amazon’s obligation to act with simple care.

Check out media coverage below.

Lawsuit against Amazon over suicides linked to chemical can go to trial, court rules
CBS News, February 19, 2026
Mary Cunningham

“Big Tech companies must be held accountable when their platforms facilitate predictable and preventable harm.” — Naomi Leeds

Washington justices revive sodium nitrite suicide suit against Amazon
Courthouse News, February 19, 2026
Monique Merrill

“Today’s historic decision from the Washington Supreme Court unanimously determined that Amazon can be liable for selling death…According to Amazon, it could sell and deliver suicide kits to the general public even though it knew its purchasers were in despair and contemplating a tortured death.” — Carrie Goldberg

WA Supreme Court rules lawsuit against Amazon ‘suicide kits’ can proceed
The Seattle Times, February 19, 2026
Alex Halverson

Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Suicides Linked to Chemical Can Go to Trial
CNN News, February 25, 2026
Ruth Scott

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Epstein used major dating apps after sex offender status, files suggest

Mashable, February 20, 2026
Anna Iovine

In files released by the DOJ, it was revealed that Jeffrey Epstein appeared to have multiple accounts on Match.com in 2012, years after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor. This prompted Carrie to unearth and post on X about a number of documents she found connecting Epstein to Match Group products — including financial disclosures that suggested he may have been an investor.  Our lawsuit against Match Group relating to Tinder and Hinge knowingly facilitating serial rapist Stephen Matthews to drug and rape women throughout Denver shows how broken a product it is. Back in 2011, Match.com said it would begin checking users against sex offender databases. Yet, Epstein had accounts in 2012. Four years after he had to register as a sex offender.

“Match Group has a legal duty to not release unsafe products into the stream of commerce…They’re not allowed to increase the risk of harm to other users. They themselves have voluntarily committed to doing background checks.” — Carrie Goldberg

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Taylor Family v. Discord: Lawsuit Coverage

In February, we filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Discord Inc., claiming the social media giant caused our client’s son’s suicide and “abetted one of the most depraved and dangerous child abuse cults in modern history.” Members of 764, an online extremist network, find and coerce vulnerable children online to live-stream horrific acts of abuse, self-mutilation, and suicide. 764 was born on and thrives on one, and only one, online platform: Discord.

Discord knew predators were using its platform to target children and chose growth and profit over basic safeguards. And as a result, our clients lost their 13-year-old son, Jay Taylor, to suicide in January 2022 after he was pushed and manipulated by other users in a group chat. Jay Taylor died because Discord chose to ignore the sadistic cult weaponizing its platform. Holding these tech giants accountable is crucial in sending the message that if somebody dies from a self-inflicted injury, others can still be responsible – suicide and murder are not mutually exclusive. Check out media coverage below!

Discord Caused Child To Stream Suicide For Cult, Parents Say
Law360, February 20, 2026
Ben Adlin

“This lawsuit seeks accountability from Discord and demands the basic safety reforms necessary to prevent another child from being groomed, exploited and pushed to death on its platform.” — Naomi Leeds

Parents of 764 victim file wrongful death lawsuit against Discord
ABC News, February 20, 2026
Mike Levine