Meta, Snap sued by mother of US teenager for his suicide

CJ was a college-bound honours student who played sports and enjoyed outdoor activities, but he got so deeply drawn into social media and obsessed with body image that he was frequently communicating on Instagram at 3am, according to the complaint filed Monday by his mother in federal court. — Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

Meta Platforms Inc and Snap Inc were sued over a US teenager’s suicide in the latest effort by an advocacy group to hold the social media giants responsible for addiction to their platforms.

Christopher James Dawley, who went by CJ, was a college-bound honours student who played sports and enjoyed outdoor activities, but he got so deeply drawn into social media and obsessed with body image that he was frequently communicating on Instagram at 3am, according to the complaint filed Monday by his mother in federal court.