The Marion County School Board has joined a class action lawsuit against the owners of various social media applications including Meta (Facebook) and Alphabet (YouTube), accusing the companies of designing defective apps made to maximize screen time and encourage addictive behavior in adolescents.
Attorneys representing the board filed the lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Google, and all of their associated products, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday, April 24.
The short-form complaint filed by the school board joins a class action lawsuit that was originally filed in October 2022…