Hancock County Schools looking into social media lawsuits – Weirton Daily Times

Local News Oct 28, 2025 CRAIG HOWELL Managing editor chowell@weirtondailytimes.com NEW CUMBERLAND — Numerous medical studies in recent years have drawn correlations between the increased use of social media and mental health issues developing in youth. Members of the Hancock County Board of Education are taking steps to join an effort to push social media companies to take more ownership of the effects their platforms may have on the minds of the nation’s children. As part of Monday’s meeting, the school board affirmed a recommendation from Superintendent of Schools Dan Enich to begin the process of joining a national class action lawsuit on social media addiction against the ownership of four of the world’s largest social media platforms. Enich explained it has been a topic of discussion among officials from several school systems in West Virginia, with some boards of education already signing on to one of the thousands of class action lawsuits currently filed in the nation’s court systems. “A lot of the superintendents have been talking about it,” Enich said, indicating Hancock County Schools also has been approached by a few legal firms and organizations involved in one or more of the lawsuits. Enich noted there was not
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