New York Times: Mr. Kyriakoudes, who is working on a history of cigarettes, said that the states’ deal with Meta this week might be a largely symbolic victory, but that symbols mattered.
“One thing that recurs periodically in American history is a deep hostility to large, concentrated power centers that seem unresponsive or uncontrolled,” he said. “That happened to cigarette companies, and seems to be happening to social media companies.”…