Seattle public schools sue TikTok and Facebook for hurting teen mental health

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Seattle public schools sue TikTok_US and Facebook for hurting teen mental health

Seattle's School District No. 1 filed the suit on Friday against several tech companies in the Western District of Washington. The lawsuit names Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Google, and YouTube as defendants and accuses them of designing their apps to promote addictive conduct.

These habits play a part in the rising rates of anxiety, depression, and thoughts of self-harm and suicide ideation, the school claimed. Seattle's school district claims that between 2009 and 2019, it saw an average 30% increase in students claiming to be"so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that [they] stopped doing some usual activities."

 

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tiktok_us facebook It can’t hurt your mental state if you don’t use it. Problem solved. Personal accountability in our society is dying quickly

tiktok_us facebook Sounds like a money grab

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