Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm

[ozimoron]

The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint says the social media companies have created a public nuisance by targeting their products to children.

It blames them for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, disordered eating and cyberbullying; making it more difficult to educate students; and forcing schools to take steps such as hiring additional mental health professionals, developing lesson plans about the effects of social media, and providing additional training to teachers.

 

https://apnews.com/article/social-media-seattle-lawsuits-mental-health-965a8f373e3bfed8157571912cc3b542?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_06

[Keep Right]

This is funny as the Seattle Public School system is one of the most left wing systems in the United

States.

 

https://mynorthwest.com/2525568/rantz-seattle-public-schools-radical-blm-anti-police-lessons/

[seedy]

These people are teachers ? That explains the abysmal performance of children in public schools.

Reminds me of back in the day, firearms manufacturers sued because some wingnut used their products to shoot someone.

What next - sue auto manufacturers because someone hit and killed another person using their products ?

Better sue the makers of kitchen knives, hammers, baseball bats, and on and on and on ...