{"id":1938615,"date":"2023-05-26T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-school-district-sues-social-media-companies-over-growing-mental-health-crisis-among-students\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:19:41","slug":"tennessee-school-district-sues-social-media-companies-over-growing-mental-health-crisis-among-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-school-district-sues-social-media-companies-over-growing-mental-health-crisis-among-students\/","title":{"rendered":"TN School District Sues Social Media Companies for Student Mental Health Crisis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-school-district-sues-social-media-companies-over-growing-mental-health-crisis-among-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Nashville School District Joins Nationwide Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies Over Mental Health Concerns Among Students<\/h2>\n<p>The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) in Nashville has filed a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Google, WhatsApp, and YouTube due to the \u201cdamages and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trigger-warnings-dont-work-cause-people-to-avoid-underlying-content-studies-show\/\" title=\"Trigger Warnings Don\u2019t Work, Cause People To Avoid Underlying Content, Studies Show\">growing mental health crisis<\/a> among students.\u201d This move makes CMCSS the latest education system to demand accountability from big tech, joining more than 40 nationwide districts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few years, we have observed and experienced a rise in mental health issues, threats of school violence, cyberbullying, inappropriate content, and other challenges, damages and disruptions linked to students\u2019 use of social media \u2013 and the lack of protections and controls thereof,\u201d CMCSS Director Dr. Jean Luna-Vedder said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout cooperation and support from social media companies, CMCSS has been fighting an uphill battle. We need to protect our children, our schools and our society,\u201d Luna-Vedder added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Attorneys at the Lewis Thomason law firm representing the district said the issues from such social media platforms had caused further disruptions, increased costs, and safety concerns in the school district.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Clarksville-Montgomery County School System is taking a brave and proactive step to seek accountability and marked changes in the way social media giants interact with children,\u201d Chris McCarty of Lewis Thomason told a local Fox affiliate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a Daily Mail analysis, more than 40 school districts across the U.S. have filed lawsuits against social media giants, including Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, alleging the platforms knowingly cause harm to children with \u201cmalicious\u201d algorithms.<\/p>\n<h3>Dangerous Social Media Trends<\/h3>\n<p>Children have been subjected to dangerous social media trends, including the \u201cBlackout Challenge,\u201d which persuades minors to strangle themselves. Other trends promote self-harm content, such as suicide, self-injury, and eating disorders.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Seattle Public School District officials filed a 91-page-lawsuit in a U.S. District Court against Facebook, TikTok, Google, Snapchat, and YouTube, arguing that the platforms have caused a public nuisance affecting the district.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDefendants have successfully exploited the vulnerable brains of youth, hooking tens of millions of students across the country into positive feedback loops of excessive use and abuse of Defendants\u2019 social media platforms,\u201d the lawsuit reads. \u201cWorse, the content Defendants curate and direct to youth is too often harmful and exploitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory in May, citing a link between spending time on social media and the nation\u2019s mental health crisis among the youth.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m issuing this advisory because we\u2019re in the middle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-block-ashley-hinson-bill-to-reopen-schools-with-in-person-learning\/\" title=\"House Democrats Block Ashley Hinson Bill to Reopen Schools with In-Person Learning\">youth mental health crisis<\/a>, and I\u2019m concerned that social media is contributing to the harms that kids are experiencing,\u201d Murthy told The Hill.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a 2019 study, adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 who spent over three hours on social media per day had double the risk of developing symptoms of depression and anxiety, and the blame should not be placed entirely on parents who attempt to manage a healthy dose of social media for their children.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unreasonable expectation because prior generations never had to experience and manage the rapidly evolving technology that fundamentally changed how kids thought about themselves, how they thought about their friendships and how they saw the world,\u201d said Murthy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Antigone Davis, head of safety at Meta, told the Daily Mail that the platform aims to reassure every parent that it has developed more than 30 tools to support teens and their families with safe and supportive experiences online.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Such tools include allowing parents to decide when and for how long their teens use Instagram, age verification technology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-school-district-sues-social-media-companies-over-growing-mental-health-crisis-among-students\/\" title=\"TN School District Sues Social Media Companies for Student Mental Health Crisis.\">automatically setting accounts belonging<\/a> to those under 16 to private when they join Instagram, and sending notifications encouraging teens to take regular breaks.<\/p>\n<p>Other technology the company claims it has invested in assists in finding and removing content related to suicide, self-injury, or eating disorders before users report such incidents on the app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are complex issues, but we will continue working with parents, experts and regulators such as the state attorneys general to develop new tools, features and policies that meet the needs of teens and their families,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Snapchat spokesperson said the company curates content from known creators and publishers and uses human moderation to review user-generated content before it can reach a large audience, which the company claims reduces the spread and discovery of harmful content.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNothing is more important to us than the well-being of our community,\u201d the spokesperson told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville&#8217;s school district is suing social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, over concerns about students&#8217; mental health. 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