Meta settles school district lawsuit claiming addictive design harmed students' mental health
The bellwether lawsuit was the first of at least 1,200 to be brought by a school district against Meta, Snap, YouTube and TikTok for similar alleged harms. The other cases have not yet been tried.
Meta on Thursday agreed to settle with a Kentucky school district that sued it over alleged addictive design practices that harmed students’ mental health.
The bellwether lawsuit was the first of at least 1,200 to be brought by a school district against Meta, Snap, YouTube and TikTok for similar alleged harms. The other cases have not yet been tried.
The Breathitt County School District had asked for more than $60 million to help it establish a long-term program to combat mental health and academic problems posed by students’ excessive social media usage.
Source: https://therecord.media/meta-settles-school-district-lawsuit-mental-health
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