NYC Sues TikTok, <br />Facebook and YouTube , for Allegedly Harming Kids’ Mental Health.<br />NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the <br />lawsuit on Feb. 14, NBC News reports.<br />The parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are being sued for allegedly harming the mental health of New York's young adults and children. .<br />The parent companies of TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are being sued for allegedly harming the mental health of New York's young adults and children. .<br />The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".<br />The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".<br />The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".<br />The suit claims that Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google "designed, developed, produced, operated, promoted, distributed, and marketed their platforms to attract, capture, and addict youth, with minimal parental oversight.".<br />Over the past decade, we have seen just how <br />addictive and overwhelming the online world <br />can be, exposing our children to a non-stop <br />stream of harmful content and fueling our <br />national youth mental health crisis, Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.<br />Today, we’re taking bold action on behalf <br />of millions of New Yorkers to hold these <br />companies accountable for their role in this <br />crisis, and we’re building on our work to <br />address this public health hazard. , Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.<br />Spokespeople for <br />the defendants <br />deny the allegations.<br />We regularly partner with experts <br />to understand emerging best <br />practices, and will continue to work <br />to keep our community safe by <br />tackling industry-wide challenges, TikTok spokesperson, via statement.<br />Providing young people with a <br />safer, healthier experience online <br />has always been core to our work, Google spokesperson, via statement.<br />We want teens to have safe, <br />age-appropriate experiences online, <br />and we have over 30 tools and features <br />to support them and their parents. , Meta spokesperson, via statement.<br />While we will always have more <br />work to do, we feel good about the role <br />Snapchat plays in helping close friends feel <br />connected, happy and prepared as they <br />face the many challenges of adolescence, Snap Inc. spokesperson, via statement
