Los Angeles Schools Announce Cellphone Ban Due to Social Media Addiction Concerns
Cell phone ban call by the U.S. Surgeon General for all social media sites to carry warnings, alerting parents to the mental health risks for teens and young adults.
Cell phone ban call by the U.S. Surgeon General for all social media sites to carry warnings, alerting parents to the mental health risks for teens and young adults.
Parents, school districts and states have filed nearly 500 social media addiction lawsuits, claiming Facebook, TikTok and similar sites damage teens' mental health
Surgeon General says social media is contributing to a mental health crisis among U.S. teens, increasing the risks of depression, anxiety and suicide.
Findings come as a growing number of social media lawsuits are being pursued against Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies, alleging that the platforms are intentionally designed to cause internet addiction among teens.
Video game addiction lawsuits target too many different games and developers to justify centralizing all claims before one federal judge, MDL Panel finds.
Teen was only 11 years old when he became addicted to video games due to predatory designs employed by several major developers
Video game addiction affects anywhere from three to six million children in the U.S., which lawsuit alleges helped Roblox rake in more than $2 billion last year.
Lawsuit alleges that school districts have been forced to put in place mental health programs, mobile crisis units and other costly efforts to combat social media addictions among students.
Scammers blackmailed the teen into giving explicit photos on Facebook, which they then used to blackmail him for $3,500, according to a recent lawsuit that blames social media for leading to his suicide.
Some parents say their children spend $350 a month on their video game addiction, and harmful techniques employed by the developers leave children with severe depression, anxiety, and bursts of rage.