Social Media News Lawsuit Alleges Social Media Giants Exacerbating Native American Youth Mental Health Crisis

Meta Buried ‘Causal’ Evidence of Social Media Harm, U.S. Court Filings Allege

“The Nielsen study does show causal impact on social comparison,” (unhappy face emoji), an unnamed staff researcher allegedly wrote. Another staffer worried that keeping quiet about negative findings ... Read More

New York City accuses social media giants of fueling youth mental health crisis in new lawsuit

New York City filed a fresh lawsuit against social media giants, accusing them of triggering a mental health crisis among children and teenagers by addicting them to social media. The 327-page lawsuit ... Read More

‘We’re basically pushers’: Court filing alleges staff at social media giants compared their platforms to drugs

Top Meta staff allegedly compared Instagram to a drug and worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children, even as they appeared to acknowledge ... Read More

Lawsuit: New York is accusing Meta and Alphabet of spurring a youth mental health crisis

The Big Apple is taking on the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, accusing them of “public nuisance” and spurring a youth mental health crisis in the city. In a ... Read More

New York City sues social media companies, alleging they 'created a youth mental health crisis'

The lawsuit alleged "gross negligence" on the part of the social media companies. The plaintiffs also blamed tech companies for risky behaviors in teens, such as "subway surfing." New York City is ... Read More

NYC sues Facebook, TikTok, Google over youth mental health crisis

New York City has filed a sweeping lawsuit accusing some of the world’s biggest technology companies of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their platforms addictive. The 327-page complaint ... Read More

DeKalb County schools' lawsuit against social media giants moves forward as companies seek dismissal

DeKalb County School District filed suit against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube/Google for damages the district has suffered due to the companies' targeting of students and schools. Read More

Social media giants ask judge to scroll past youth mental health crisis

The mobile phone apps for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are shown on a device in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) LOS ANGELES (CN) — An army of lawyers for Facebook, Google, TikTok and ... Read More

New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’

Here’s a new element of the East Coast vs. West Coast beef: The City of New York is reaching across the country to sue tech giants headquartered in California over allegations that their platforms ... Read More

New York City sues social media giants over youth mental health crisis

A hot potato: The ongoing debate over the impact that social media has on young people's health isn't abating. New York City has filed a lawsuit against the internet's biggest platforms, accusing them ... Read More