Landmark case on social media’s impact on mental health in US court now: Why a 20-yr-old has sued Insta, YT, FB, others
A California state court is set to begin hearing a case on Monday over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman’s mental health through addictive app design. A 20-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against the parent company of key social media applications like Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp, Meta Platforms, and Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube, Reuters reported.
According to court filings, she claimed that the attention-grabbing design of the platforms got her addicted to them at a young age, and that the apps fueled her depression and suicidal thoughts, which led her to seek to hold the companies liable.
