A Seattle school district filed a lawsuit against social media companies in an effort to combat student mental health concerns, the Associated Press reported.
Seattle Public Schools is coming after the companies that have given rise to several popular apps — including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat — saying students are suffering from mental health crises as a result of their usage, according to the AP.
"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, according to the AP. It goes on to say content on the apps are "too often harmful and exploitive."
The suit, filed on Friday in the US District Court, comes more than a year after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen accused the company of knowingly causing harm to teens but choosing to prioritize its profits instead. Haugen blames Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for declining to create solutions — such as changing the algorithm — to address divisiveness and harm caused to its users.
SPS says in the suit that students in the district have...
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