Why the sudden interest in protecting against class actions?

Notice HuffPo, Yahoo, AOL (AOL is still a thing ?????), are all part of this and everything now passes through Verizon.

https:// guce.oath.com/collectConsent?brandType=nonEu&.done=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2F%3Fguccounter%3D1&ccSessionId=1_cc-session_1ea105ca-7c3f-4e7e-afec-e63e729b1c13&lang=en-US&inline=false