{"id":2889,"date":"2026-05-16T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/snap-youtube-and-tiktok-settle-suit-over-harm-to-students\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:34:23","slug":"snap-youtube-and-tiktok-settle-suit-over-harm-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/snap-youtube-and-tiktok-settle-suit-over-harm-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A person holding up a smartphone with their face covered by pixels\" data-caption=\"Schools say social media is hurting grades and creating a mental health crisis. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/STKS526_SOCIAL_MEDIA_TRIAL_CVIRGINIA_D_1b4bb5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tSchools say social media is hurting grades and creating a mental health crisis. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-05-15\/snap-youtube-settle-school-social-media-suit-ahead-of-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>. The suit, filed by the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, claims that social media has disrupted learning and created a mental health crisis, straining budgets. The terms of the settlement have not been revealed yet, and Meta is still facing a trial in the same suit, which is viewed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/867830\/social-media-trials-product-liability-school-districts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bellwether<\/a> for over 1,000 similar lawsuits across the country<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This follows an earlier case, settled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/864735\/snap-reaches-a-settlement-in-a-social-media-addiction-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/868619\/tiktok-moves-to-settle-a-major-social-media-addiction-case-shortly-before-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, in which a 19-year-old plaintiff claimed signif \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/932153\/snap-youtube-tiktok-lawsuit-social-media-addiction-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools say social media is hurting grades and creating a mental health crisis. | Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge 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