Anyone who has attended a K-12 school or Pretty Peaches (1978) Adult comedy xxx moviehas a child, friend, or loved one who has attended one in the past decade knows one thing for sure — teachers and administrators are not fond of social media. One school is so critical of social media that it is suing the companies themselves.
The Lansing School District, which includes 25 schools in Michigan, filed a complaint against Meta, TikTok, Google, and Snap, Inc. on Sept. 12 for not providing "adequate warnings" to children about how harmful social media can be, according to the Lansing State Journal. The school filed its complaint in the Northern District of California.
Meta, TikTok, Google, and Snap did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable. Ben Shuldiner, the superintendent of the Lansing School District, said in a statement emailed to Mashable that social media is an "incredible tool" that can "be used to learn and to teach." However, he argues, it can "also be used to harm, to threaten, and to intimidate."
"We, as a district, believe that social media companies must do more to protect and support our students when they use their product," the statement reads. "We believe that social media companies must do more to address threats and intimidation on their platforms. We believe that social media companies must do more to limit access to inappropriate material. To that end, the Lansing School District, along with hundreds of other districts across the country, is engaging in litigation. We look forward to the social media companies taking responsibility for their product and creating a safe environment for our children."
SEE ALSO: 'Profound risk of harm': Surgeon General issues warning about youth social media useWhile Lansing appears to be the only plaintiff in this case, it's not the only school district in the country suing social media companies. According to Education Week, Lansing is just one of 200 school districts that have sued social media companies for similar reasons. In March 2023, the San Mateo County School Board sued YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok, alleging that social media sites make kids depressed and anxious, leading students to act out, which drains school resources. Other districts have joined consolidated lawsuits against the platforms.
"Teachers and school administrators have been at the front lines of addressing this crisis and are overburdened by the negative effects on their students — from how it has affected mental health to behavior in the classroom," Lexi Hazam, an attorney with Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein and co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in a consolidated lawsuit, told Education Week. "Funds meant for educational purposes have been reallocated to address the misconduct of the corporations behind Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, and Facebook. Social media companies should be held accountable and provide support to schools for the harms their products cause."
SEE ALSO: Instagram announces restrictive 'Teen Accounts' for users under 16There’s a long legal road ahead for Lansing, but it signals a continued fight for children and teens in the face of social media’s effect on their mental health.
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