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Seattle Public Schools filed a unique lawsuit against tech giants TikTok and Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and YouTube, to hold them responsible for the mental health crisis among youth.
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The lawsuit was filed Friday by Washington's largest school district in U.S. District Court.
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The 91-page complaint states that social media companies created a public nuisance by targeting children's products.
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They are blamed for making it harder to educate students.
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Forcing schools to hire additional mental health professionals, develop lesson plans about social media and provide additional teacher training.
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“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,” the complaint said.
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“Worse, the content Defendants curate and direct to youth is too often harmful and exploitive ....”
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While federal law — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — helps protect online companies from liability arising from what third-party users post on their platforms, the lawsuit argues that provision does not protect the tech giants’ behavior in this case.