Meta settles social media addiction case with US school district
Meta has settled a lawsuit with the Breathitt School District in Kentucky regarding the mental health crisis allegedly caused by its social media platforms. The settlement allows Meta to avoid a trial that was set to address claims of social media addiction and its impacts on students. Similar lawsuits against social media companies are still pending in various jurisdictions.
- ▪Meta reached a settlement with the Breathitt School District, which had sued over social media addiction costs.
- ▪The school district was seeking $60 million in damages and changes to the addictive nature of social media platforms.
- ▪The case was seen as a test for over a thousand other US school districts pursuing similar claims.
6 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 3 hours. Coverage spans 3 points on the political spectrum — 2 lean left, 2 centre, 1 right.
- ▪ Meta Settles Lawsuit That Claimed Social Media Addiction Screwed Up Schools — Gizmodo
- ▪ Meta Settles a School District’s Social Media Addiction Lawsuit — NYT — Technology
- ▪ Meta Settles School Suit over Social Media, Averting Trial — Bloomberg.com
- ▪ Meta settles bellwether social media addiction case with Kentucky school district — New York Post
- ▪ Meta becomes latest to settle social media addiction case ahead of June bellwether trial — The Hill
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Meta settles social media addiction case with US school districtJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondentReutersMeta has reached a settlement with a US school district which had sued the Instagram-owner over the costs of fighting a mental health crisis allegedly caused by the company's social media platforms.Breathitt School District, located in the US state of Kentucky, had been poised to litigate the first case attempting to make social media companies cover those costs.The school district settled the same case last week with three other defendants: TikTok, Snap Inc, and Google's YouTube."We've resolved this case amicably," a Meta spokesperson said on Thursday of the agreement, which allows it to avoid mounting a defence at this trial,…
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