NYC Sues TikTok,
Facebook and YouTube , for Allegedly Harming Kids’ Mental Health.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the
lawsuit on Feb.
14, NBC News reports.
The parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are being sued for allegedly harming the mental health of New York's young adults and children.
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The parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are being sued for allegedly harming the mental health of New York's young adults and children.
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The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".
The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".
The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".
The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".
Over the past decade, we have seen just how
addictive and overwhelming the online world
can be, exposing our children to a non-stop
stream of harmful content and fueling our
national youth mental health crisis, Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.
Today, we’re taking bold action on behalf
of millions of New Yorkers to hold these
companies accountable for their role in this
crisis, and we’re building on our work to
address this public health hazard.
, Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.
Spokespeople for
the defendants
deny the allegations.
We regularly partner with experts
to understand emerging best
practices, and will continue to work
to keep our community safe by
tackling industry-wide challenges, TikTok spokesperson, via statement.
Providing young people with a
safer, healthier experience online
has always been core to our work, Google spokesperson, via statement.
We want teens to have safe,
age-appropriate experiences online,
and we have over 30 tools and features
to support them and their parents.
, Meta spokesperson, via statement.
While we will always have more
work to do, we feel good about the role
Snapchat plays in helping close friends feel
connected, happy and prepared as they
face the many challenges of adolescence, Snap Inc.
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