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A federal judge has ruled that major tech companies must face lawsuits brought by school districts alleging their social media apps have contributed to a mental health crisis among students. The lawsuits target Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Google, China’s TikTok, and Snapchat.that U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California, has allowed lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap to proceed in federal court.
Judge Rogers denied the companies’ request to dismiss negligence claims, although she narrowed the scope of allegations that will move forward. She concluded that some claims are barred by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a federal law that shields internet companies from lawsuits. The potential damages in the school district cases could be significant, as each district seeks to recoup institutional costs associated with the negative repercussions of having hundreds of individual students addicted to social media. The companies also face exposure from hundreds of personal injury suits accusing them of designing their platforms to encourage youths to spend unhealthy amounts of time on screens, resulting in emotional trauma.
The companies have denied any wrongdoing, asserting that they have taken steps to keep young users safe on their platforms. However, the split rulings from the Los Angeles and Oakland judges leave the tech giants potentially liable for damages in more than 150 cases before Judge Rogers, even as they may avoid liability in more than 600 other cases filed in Los Angeles.
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