A Lindsay, Ont., based school board is joining a lawsuit seeking billions from social media giants. The Trilium Lakelands District School Board alleges three parent companies have negligently designed addictive products that have caused disruption to the education system. Robert Lothian reports.
“Because we really believe that the social media component of this was starting to become a major problem,” he told Global News. “We’re aware of the litigation amongst school boards in this matter, and continue to monitor the issue on an ongoing basis,” said board chairperson Jaine Klassen Jeninga. “In many respects, we acknowledge and appreciate the concerns that have been brought forward by school boards on behalf of students and families. This litigation is something we are exploring, but at this time no lawsuit has been filed.
She says while there is no precedent for school boards uniting for a claim of this type of societal issue, there is precedent for holding companies accountable for “harm” caused by their conduct. “It’s now becoming clear the connection between these harms and what’s happening in the education system is definitely something that is very obvious now —for sure to the educators and to the administrators — but I think all of us as a society,” she said. “So I think it definitely shows the gravity of the problem. And I think it is a very important attempt to gain accountability from the companies who, we say, based on the claims that we’ve advanced, knew what they were doing.
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