Nearly a dozen Long Island school districts are suing social-media giants such as Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat, claiming the “addictive and dangerous” platforms cause mental-health woes in kids.
In October, New York Attorney General Letitia James and 32 other state attorneys general filed suits that claimed Meta, Facebook’s parent company,21-year-old convicted felon kills 4, injures 3 at birthday party before fatally shooting himself in police chase “Kids and teenagers are suffering from record levels of poor mental health, and social-media companies like Meta are to blame,” James said at the time, adding that Meta has “profited from children’s pain” and contributed to the youth mental-health crisis. that accused Meta, Google and other companies of designing platforms that “purposefully manipulate and addict children and teens to social media applications.
The Long Island plaintiffs are school districts in Brentwood, Bellmore-Merrick, East Islip, Great Neck, Islip, Jericho, Kings Park, North Merrick, Port Jefferson, South Huntington and Westbury. “The amount of time that our kids spend on social media is of concern, and the information that’s available — some of the misinformation that’s available on social media — that concerns me,” Jericho Superintendent Hank Grishman said.
But a Snapchat rep told Newsday said that while the company will “always have more work to do, we feel good about the role Snapchat plays in helping close friends feel connected, happy and prepared as they face the many challenges of adolescence.”Historic tourist attraction loses $170K worth of donations after going cashlessKirsten Fleming