Americans took social networks to court!/Instagram, Snapchat and Tik Tok cause mental problems in teenagers

According to the media reporter of Fars News Agency, quoted by The Hollywood ReporterInstagram, Snapchat and Tik Tok cause mental problems in teenagers.

Plaintiffs target product features of social media platforms, alleging that the companies provide dangerous content that prioritizes engagement over safety.

Meta, TikTok and Snap have each faced a new lawsuit accusing them of fueling mental health disorders in teenage users. The plaintiffs are among a wave of parents and their children who have taken social media platforms to court, arguing that the companies are not only recruiting users, but doing so knowingly the harm they are causing.

The lawsuits — the latest in a string of lawsuits accusing social media of causing mental health problems among minors — allege that the social networks are liable under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that insulates technology companies from liability arising from Protects content generated by third parties.

They theorize that platforms like Facebook are essentially defective products that lead to harms such as eating disorders, anxiety and suicide. At least 20 such lawsuits have been filed across the U.S., citing the Facebook investigation, a trove of internal company documents leaked by whistleblower Francis Hagen last year, and dozens more are expected. .

“This is the business model used by all of the defendants — engaging and growing around user safety — as evidenced by the inherently dangerous design and operation of their social media products,” the complaint, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, states. At any point, each of these defendants could share the truth of the story and its damages with the public, but they knew that doing so would make them lag behind their competitors or completely change their services and direction, but the defendants preferred They continued to cause harm and instead hide the truth.

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