In a lawsuit, four Canadian school boards seek damages of CA$4B+ from Meta, Snap, and TikTok for allegedly causing learning and mental health crises in students
Four Canadian school boards have sought more than C$4 billion ($2.96 billion) in damages from social media firms such as Meta Platforms …
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Discussion
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@mgeist
Michael Geist
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Feels like a Canadian class action copycat lawsuit given that hundreds of school boards in the U.S. have filed similar suits. None successful so far. https://www.edweek.org/... https://x.com/...
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@privacylawyer
David T.S. Fraser
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I have many, many legal questions about this.
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@ezralevant
Ezra Levant
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Why don't they simply ban phones while in class? I'm no fan of Big Tech companies but this would be like me suing a fork company for making me fat.
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@mkbhd
Marques Brownlee
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When I was in high school we got in trouble for playing games on TI-84 calculators
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@ctvtoronto
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JUST IN: Four Ontario school boards, including three in the Greater Toronto Area, have launched lawsuits seeking $4.5 billion in damages against Snapchat, TikTok, and Meta for creating products that they allege negligently interfere with student learning and have caused... [image…
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@torontostar
@torontostar
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Breaking: Ontario school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for $4.5 billion, alleging they're deliberately hurting students https://www.thestar.com/...
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@kinsellawarren
Warren Kinsella
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Good. “Ontario school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for $4.5 billion, alleging they're deliberately hurting students - Toronto Star” https://apple.news/...
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@tompark1n
Tom Parkin
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“Addictive platforms” that are “designed for compulsive use” have damaged children's education, school board say in $4.5B lawsuit against Snapchat, TikTok and Meta Courts found tobacco companies knew their product was addictive and harmful — same here? https://www.thestar.com/...
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@dexerto
@dexerto
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Multiple school boards sued TikTok, Meta, and Snapchat for $4.5B, claiming they ‘disrupt student learning’ [image]
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@sfmcguire79
Steve McGuire
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Four school boards in Ontario are suing Meta, Snapchat, and TikTok for “disrupting student learning and the education system.” They say the platforms “have rewired the way children think, behave, and learn, leaving educators and schools to manage the fallout.” Social media... [im…
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