“The platforms should be absolutely begging Congress to regulate them, because the alternative is they get sued into oblivion by a bunch of law firms.”

The former head of security for the messaging app, owned by Meta, had accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. A judge said there was not enough evidence that he was fired for his claims.

The social media giant, under legal pressure from the Motion Picture Association, has retreated from its use of the movie rating in its marketing.