San Mateo Co. school board sues social media companies over mental health crisis

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The San Mateo County Board of Education and its superintendent are suing some of the biggest names in social media.

claims TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and others create a "destructive environment for children," leaving parents and educators to deal with a growing crisis in childhood mental health.

The suit alleges that the crisis has been made worse by artificial intelligence and machine learning. The companies have not commented, but, Google has said previously it has invested heavily in protections for children.

"Every day schools are dealing with the fallout, which includes distracted students, increased absences, more children diagnosed with ADHD, cyber-bullying that carries into the classroom, and even physical damage" to the school campuses, Magee said in a statement. She pointed to the vandalism in the bathrooms at Aragon High caused by the TikTok so-called "Devious Lick Challenge" at the start of the school year.that I have read and agree

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A ploy to use taxpayer $ to get name recognition to grift into higher office. Social media is parental responsibility and they know it.

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