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21.05.26 - 19:42
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Meta Settles School Suit Over Social Media, Averting First Trial (Bloomberg)
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Meta Platforms Inc. reached an agreement to settle a landmark lawsuit alleging that addiction to Instagram and other top social media platforms upended learning across America and pushed US public schools to spend enormous resources fighting a mental health crisis, according to a court filing....
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20.05.26 - 09:30
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Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged (The Guardian)
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Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with 'risky' featuresOnline safety campaigners have urged Keir Starmer to block under-16s from accessing social media apps that do not meet strict safety standards, instead of implementing a broader Australia-style ban.The NSPCC, Molly Rose Foundation and Smartphone Free Childhood said tech platforms should not be allowed to offer “risky” features to teenagers such as infinite scrolling, disappearing messages and push notifications. Continue reading......
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17.05.26 - 22:00
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YouTube, Snap, And TikTok Settle Kentucky School District′s Social Media Addiction Claims (ZeroHedge)
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YouTube, Snap, And TikTok Settle Kentucky School District's Social Media Addiction Claims
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
YouTube, Snap, and TikTok have settled a Kentucky school district's claims that the platforms fueled a youth mental health crisis that the school district said it was forced to manage.
The Breathitt County School District in rural eastern Kentucky still plans to take Meta Platforms, parent of Facebook and Instagram, to trial on June 15.
The agreements, detailed in federal court filings on Friday, are among the first set for trial in more than 1,200 similar lawsuits filed by school districts nationwide.
“This matter has been amicably resolved and our focus remains on building age-appropriate products and parental controls that deliver on that promise,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement.
Snap and TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The district had sought more than $60 million to cover costs of countering...
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