Opinion: Teens carry a threat to mental health in their pockets


Seattle Public Schools filed a suit in US District Court in Seattle suing tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, asserting the companies are substantially contributing to a youth mental health crisis. — Dreamstime/TNS

Every generation has angst over what a particular cultural shift is doing to the minds of our youth.

When I was a kid in the mid-‘80s, it was Tipper Gore and the Parents’ Music Resource Center coming after rock and rap for what they considered explicit and obscene lyrics, leading to the first “Parental Advisory” label going on a 2 Live Crew album.

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