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At age 18, he’s already graduated law school. Now he wants to fight ‘extremely predatory’ social media companies
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At age 18, he’s already graduated law school. Now he wants to fight ‘extremely predatory’ social media companies

The Guardian · Jun 17, 2026, 12:24 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Jimmy Chilimigras graduated high school at 12 and is now pursuing a master of laws degree – and he wants to find ‘an area to do some good’A Mississippi teenager who in May became one of the youngest ever law school graduates says he wants to help reform US tax law as well as litigate against social media companies over claims that they design their products to be addictive – and therefore harmful – to youths.“What they’re creating is extremely predatory and harmful, and yet they’re sending it out knowing that it’s … harmful and not really taking any action to reduce the harm or address it,” 18-year-old Jimmy Chilimigras said with respect to his interest in participating in such social media litigation. Continue reading...

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