School district sues social media giants for 'creating a youth mental health crisis'

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Seattle Public Schools has filed a lawsuit against multiple social media giants, in an effort to hold the companies 'accountable for the harm they have wreaked on the social, emotional, and mental health of its students,' the district claims.

examining 169 teenagers also suggested a potential link between brain changes in young teens and frequent checking of social media apps and sites, possibly leading to hypersensitivity and impulse control changes, although researchers indicated more study was needed to further understand the interaction between social media and youth brain development.

"We want teens to be safe online. We've developed more than 30 tools to support teens and families, including supervision tools that let parents limit the amount of time their teens spend on Instagram, and age verification technology that helps teens have age-appropriate experiences," Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Meta, said in a statement.

"We have invested heavily in creating safe experiences for children across our platforms and have introduced strong protections and dedicated features to prioritize their well being," Google spokesperson José Castañeda said in a statement."For example, through Family Link, we provide parents with the ability to set reminders, limit screen time and block specific types of content on supervised devices.

 

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So schools are playing mom and dad? Makes me glad I don’t have kids.

They're terrorists. I didn't talk to them.

I een think they are just trying to get attention because they can't talk to them.

They are literally people suing to not have social media

They are anti-constitutionalist radicals

Democrats are the ones harming children.

I remember when they tried this with “evil heavy metal music” 😂

THIS is hilarious. First they seek to force kids into VIRTURAL learning & then sue platforms? They are disgusting

Most media is trying to sweep the Story of Biden Stealing Documents then abandoning them in an unsecure location for years going against protocol for Document handling. Do not let them sweep this under the rug as they are bought media and their Masters want this to go away.

This is another reason to fear the Left. They want to institutionalize your children into their convoluted way of believing. Where does a school district have standing for such a suit?

I bet they end up only trying to target Twitter

Sue the parents who let their kids have phones that can access social media + sue them for letting their kids take phones to school. Sue the phone maker cos without phones there wouldn't be a problem at all.

I may not be a in grade school, but I would like to be on that lawsuit. I have lost friends and family over the division in this country, because of the false information that social media let’s spread without oversight. I have been so depressed, frustrated, angry!!!

I remember the good old days when parents were the ones that decided what was best for kids. Here's an idea not sure that it would work but take the fucking phones and tablets and Internet away from them if you're so worried, be a fucking parent for once instead of blaming others

Please report the truth about all the hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries from the covid vaccines! You guys know what’s going on but you’re not getting the truth out there to save people. You’re in the position to save many lives. We are now losing children to the jabs!

Failing school district looks to push blame elsewhere.

Hold the parents accountable.

Where are these kids parents?

Seattle public schools needs to figure out why they never got around to teaching anything resembling critical thinking.

Real media would call this what it is. Passing the buck. Will real media run the story on the diversity trainer who Seattle Schools gave teacher of the year award to that was a complete sham and caused POC to plummet in test scores setting them back years

Lol. Teachers union vs big tech. Same coin

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This says the social media can be attributed to the problem. There have to don't allow non- restricted companies as diversity society in the laws.

Everyone always looking to blame someone other than who should actually be blamed. The parents.

Incredible Seattle Public Schools 👏🏻. I hope you win b/c your case is 💯 % valid. I see it more and more everyday with kids here in MI too.

Green utopia brought about mass poverty in Europe with massive protests in various European capitals. Biden trying to replicate that here. Mexican cartels declared all out war with Mexican govt. Massacres of people & burning of buildings in cities, both incidents ignored by you.

Because heaven forbid parents actually take responsibility for allowing their kids on social media.

Fbi, doj, dhs, dni, abc, Gaagle, FB give us the impression that our votes , wishes Matter! Elections mean nothing! Democracy is 💀! Bury it, maybe something good will arise from the ashes! Demoncrats must deny your right of self defense, speech! Then they will have their 😈way!

Just wait, FB etc. starting mega donations to child mental health services, to 'offset the damage' just like McDonald's with diabetes!

Who made a school district into the party responsible for children's social, emotional or mental health. This role is held solely by parents. This is an abomination and they should be stopped for a lack of standing.

That’s rich considering their Governor shut everything down for two years

The mind reels at the hypocrisy. One word seattleschooldistrict: ShutDowns

They should sue the DNC for the exact same reason

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