More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News

Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools have joined multiple ongoing lawsuits against some of the world's largest social media companies, arguing their products have negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn. "The addictive properties of the products designed by social media giants have compromised all students' ability to learn, disrupted classrooms and created a student population that suffers from increasing mental health harms," said a news release issued Wednesday by Schools for Social Media Change, an umbrella group of the plaintiffs in the suits. "As a result, social media companies have forced school boards to divert significant resources including personnel, hours, funds, and attention to combat the growing crisis caused by their products," it continued. The new suits bring the cumulative amount being sought to over $7 billion. The suits were initially filed in late March by the public district school boards of Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleto

More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News Loaded Toronto More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants Five more Ontario school boards and two private schools have joined multiple ongoing lawsuits against some of the world's largest social media companies, arguing their products have negatively rewired the way children think, behave and learn. Lawsuits allege social apps are negatively rewiring how students think and learn CBC News · Posted: May 29, 2024 8:06 AM E

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