PEORIA (25 News Now) – A Canton father of three has filed a lawsuit against several popular social media companies alleging “dangerous and gender based content” being pushed onto his kids.Damian Johnson is filing the suit through the ‘Social Media Victims Law Center’. They are a Seattle based firm focused on holding social media companies accountable.The lawsuit claims Johnson’s three kids became addicted to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok without his knowledge. He claims that their addictions led to mental health issues including depression, and a near death experience for his youngest son.Johnson claims his youngest son, who started watching YouTube videos unsupervised at the age of 10, attempted a ‘video trend’ on the streaming platform called “I Killed Myself Prank.” Johnson said in the lawsuit that his son tried to make it look like he hung himself in the closet in order to video tape his sisters response. But his sister found him in the closet actually hanging before screaming for help. The lawsuit states Johnson held his son up while the older brother cut the boy down with a knife.According to the documents, the boy was in a coma for three days and was able to return…
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Canton man suing YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and more after son nearly dies … – HOIABC
