200 school districts sue social media companies amid mental health crisis

 By Samantha Kamman - Posted at The Christian Post:

A North Carolina education board recently joined around 200 school districts nationwide in filing a lawsuit against leading social media giants, accusing the companies of fueling a youth mental health crisis in the United States.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is the latest to file a suit against Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) Google (owner of YouTube), ByteDance (owner of TikTok) and Snap Inc. (owner of Snapchat) due to concerns about students' mental health.

As WCNC reported Monday, the board filed the lawsuit late last month and is represented by attorney Philip Federico. Federico said the goal of the litigation is to convince the companies to change how they operate their businesses, arguing that there is a "healthy" way to run their platforms that is not "addictive."

The board filed the lawsuit as it struggles with providing mental health resources to students "amid rising rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation," according to a statement from the Charlotte school board members.

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