Seattle Public Schools sue TikTok, Meta for youth mental health crisis – KING 5

SPS filed a lawsuit against social media companies claiming they contributed to youth mental health crisis which in turn is straining the school district SEATTLE — Seattle Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, is suing major social media companies behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat over their impact on youth mental health. Attorneys said Seattle Public Schools (SPS)  may be the first district in the country to sue social media companies. The 92-page lawsuit claims the social media giants violated Washington’s public nuisance law and intentionally contributed to the youth mental health crisis in the state. More than 16 million daily TikTok users are under the age of 14. That’s just one statistic laid out in a lawsuit SPS hit social media giants like Meta, Snapchat, and YouTube with Friday. The school district is represented by Keller Rohrback, a Seattle-based firm that routinely litigates against the most prominent corporate defendants on behalf of school districts and local governments. The lawsuit alleges that social media companies have intentionally contributed to the youth mental health crisis. “Now you can actually put a number on whether you’re popular or not, how many likes you have versus how many likes
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