Concerns about the negative impact of social media on youth mental health have reached new heights. Today, 33 attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Meta for its role in damaging youth mental health. Nine other states are filing similar lawsuits, according to the press release.
The lawsuit, signed by a bipartisan coalition, cites the platform’s addictive, dopamine-rewarding qualities for keeping youth online with features that diminish their sense of self-worth and well-being. The lawsuit claims Meta has been “employing harmful and psychologically manipulative platform features while misleading the public about the safety of those features.”
