Facebook and Snap sued by the family of teenager who says he became addicted to the …

Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesChristopher Dawley’s family alleges in a suit Facebook and Snap are liable for his suicide at 17.The family says he grew addicted to the platforms and they affected his mental health and body image.The suit says they know about “the addictive nature of their products and failed to protect minors.”The mother of a teenager who died by suicide says she believes Facebook and Snapchat are responsible.In a federal lawsuit filed in Wisconsin on Monday, Donna Dawley accuses the social-media platforms of aiding in the deterioration of her son Christopher’s mental health and alleges that eventually led to his suicide in 2015, when he was 17 years old.Dawley is represented by the Social Media Victims Law Center, which says in the lawsuit that both platforms are and have been “aware of the addictive nature of their products and failed to protect minors in the name of more clicks and additional revenue.”The family also says their son, who began using Snapchat and the Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram when he was 15, was too young to sign the apps’ terms of use. US laws, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, protect only minors under the…
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