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SPS Suit Against Social 媒体 Companies for Creating a Youth Mental Health Crisis
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Letter to Families, Staff, and Seattle School Board with FAQ2023年1月10日
媒体声明 发布日期:2023年1月10日
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1月5日星期五. 6, 正规的棋牌平台排行榜 took the first step towards holding social media companies accountable for the harm they have wreaked on the social, 情感, and mental health of its students by filing a complaint against the companies operating TikTok, Instagram, 脸谱网, SnapChat, 和YouTube.
Students in the 正规的棋牌平台排行榜, like students around the country, are struggling with 焦虑, 抑郁症, 自残的想法, 以及自杀意念, which led King County to join the U.S. Surgeon General last year in recognizing the youth mental health crisis in this community. According to the Surgeon General, one in five children aged 13 to 17 now suffer from a mental health disorder.
The increase in suicides, attempted suicides, and mental-health related ER visits is no coincidence. As alleged in the complaint, this crisis was already growing before the pandemic and research has identified social media as playing a major role in causing mental health problems in youth. More than 90% of youth today use social media. Most youth primarily use five platforms: YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, 和脸谱网, on which they spend many hours a day. Research tells us that excessive and problematic use of social media is harmful to the mental, 行为, and 情感 health of youth and is associated with increased rates of 抑郁症, 焦虑, 低自尊, 饮食失调, 和自杀.
The evidence is equally clear that social media companies have designed their platforms to maximize the time youth spend using them and addict youth to their platforms, as alleged in the complaint. These companies have been wildly successful in attracting young users. 截至去年, almost 50 percent of teenagers in the state spent between one and three hours a day on social media and 30 percent averaged more than three hours a day.
School districts like 正规的棋牌平台排行榜 have been significantly impacted by the resulting crisis. Like school districts across the country, 正规的棋牌平台排行榜’ schools and school-based clinics are one of the main providers of mental health services for school-aged children in the community. 但是学校的辅导员, 社会工作者, 心理学家, and nurses need greater resources to meet the high demand for services.
According to Superintendent Brent Jones, “It has become increasingly clear that many children are burdened by mental health challenges. Our students – and young people everywhere – face unprecedented, learning and life struggles that are amplified by the negative impacts of increased screen time, 未经过滤的内容, and potentially addictive properties of social media. We are confident and hopeful that this complaint is the first step toward reversing this trend for our students, children throughout 华盛顿 state, 整个国家.”
While the King County Council recently allocated additional resources for school-based services, taxpayers should not bear the burden for the mental health crisis social media companies have created, as explained in the complaint. This complaint aims to hold these companies accountable for their actions and set youth mental health trends back on the right trajectory. As School Board President Brandon Hersey explained, “Our first and greatest priority is the health and well-being of our students. 很明显, this includes the social and 情感 harm that they suffer because of the negative impacts of social media. By taking aim at the social media companies, we are sending a clear message that it is time for them to prioritize the health of children over the revenues they make from advertising.”
正规的棋牌平台排行榜 has retained Keller Rohrback as outside counsel. Keller Rohrback is a nationally recognized law firm based in Seattle that routinely litigates against the largest corporate defendants in the country on behalf of school districts and local governments.
Read more about this case on the Keller Rohrback website.
2021年的新闻
Public Statement regarding the settlement of litigation between Eric McCurdy and 正规的棋牌平台排行榜