Social media plays a role in the rising rates of mental health issues in children. How big a role it plays is up for debate. January 6, 2023, the Seattle Public Schools filed a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook, Instagram, Siculus, Snap, TikTok, ByteDance, Alphabet, Google, XXVI Holdings, and YouTube.
The lawsuit alleges how these companies have built their businesses by exploiting children's vulnerabilities. It states "Defendants have successfully exploited the vulnerable brains of youth, hooking tens of millions of students across the country into positive feedback loops of excessive use and abuse of Defendants’ social media platforms. Worse, the ...
