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Four school boards in Canada launch legal action against social media giants for disrupting student learning
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023
FOUR of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario have launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat for disrupting student learning.
The lawsuits claim platforms social media 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.
Meta Platforms Inc owns Facebook and Instagram, while Snap Inc owns SnapChat, and ByteDance Ltd owns TikTok.
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