{"id":33914,"date":"2024-03-29T12:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/4-major-canadian-school-boards-say-tiktok-meta-and-snapchat-have-rewired-students\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T06:39:05","slug":"4-major-canadian-school-boards-say-tiktok-meta-and-snapchat-have-rewired-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/4-major-canadian-school-boards-say-tiktok-meta-and-snapchat-have-rewired-students\/","title":{"rendered":"4 major Canadian school boards say TikTok, Meta and Snapchat have ‘rewired’ students’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario said Thursday they launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning.<\/p>\n
The lawsuits claim platforms like Facebook and Instagram are “designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave, and learn” and teachers have been left to manage the fallout.<\/p>\n
Meta Platforms Inc. owns Facebook and Instagram, while Snap Inc. owns SnapChat and ByteDance Ltd. owns TikTok.<\/p>\n
Rachel Chernos, a trustee for the Toronto District School Board, said teachers and parents are noticing social withdrawal, anxiety, attention problems, cyber bullying and mental health issues.<\/p>\n
SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS LIKE TIKTOK, YOUTUBE FUEL ‘YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS,’ SCHOOL BOARDS CLAIM IN LAWSUIT<\/strong><\/p>\n “These companies have knowingly created programs that are addictive that are aimed and marketed at young people and it is causing significant harm and we just can\u2019t stand by any longer and not speak up about it,” she said.<\/p>\n Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are also suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to a youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms.<\/p>\n The school boards in Canada suing are the Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.<\/p>\n