Four Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok

Four of Ontario’s largest school boards are suing the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning, contributing to a mental health crisis and leaving educators to manage the fallout.

“The fallout of compulsive use of social media amongst students is causing massive strains on the four school boards’ finite resources, including additional needs for in-school mental health programming and personnel, increased IT costs, and additional administrative resources,” the school boards wrote in a news release Thursday.

“Snapchat opens directly to a camera – rather than a feed of content – and has no traditional public likes or comments,” Tonya Johnson said. “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.”

While research on the topic is complicated and mixed when it comes to the general population, “study after study” has shown that adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of social media, he said. It seems to be “embracing a care for young people” and arguing resources cannot be spent the way school boards would like, he said. “I don’t know if the courts will find that’s a stronger argument, but I think as a society, we should find this a compelling argument,” he said.

The boards allege the platforms facilitate child sexual abuse and harassment, “intentionally amplify and push harmful content to maximize engagement” and refuse to remove harmful content such as threats unless compelled by law enforcement.

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