TikTok and Meta platforms harm kids’ mental health, US school district says in lawsuit

The lawsuit names multiple defendants, including Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp; ByteDance, which owns TikTok; Alphabet, the parent company of Google, which owns YouTube; and Snap Inc, which owns Snapchat. — dpa

A public school district in Washington is suing TikTok, YouTube, Meta and other social media platforms and says the companies are fueling a mental health crisis among young people.

The lawsuit, filed by Seattle Public Schools on Jan 6 in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle, cites hundreds of statistics about rising mental health issues among young people and the connection to social media use.