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» Social Media Mental Health Lawsuit 2023 | Filing Claims for Mental Health Effects from Social Media Use
Social Media Mental Health Lawsuit Overview
Social media platforms are used by millions of people everyday to connect with others who have similar interests, post pictures, and keep up-to-date on the latest news.
The positive aspects of social media are varying, but there is a more serious matter to confront with these platforms: the mental health issues that have risen in young adults.
Social media platforms have become increasingly damaging for the mental health of teenage users.
Social media harm lawsuits claim that social media companies are responsible for onsetting or heightening mental health problems, eating disorders, mood disorders, and other negative experiences of teens and children
You may be eligible to file a Social Media Mental Health Lawsuit if you are the parents of a teen, or teens, who attribute their use of social media platforms to their mental health problems.
Parents of teenage users who have taken their own life as a result of mental health problems linked to social media usage may be eligible to file a wrongful death claim.
Contact TorHoerman Law for a free consultation or use the chatbot on this page to see if you qualify for legal action instantly.
Social media companies like Facebook (Meta), Instagram, TikTok (ByteDance), and others have evaded responsibility for putting teen mental health at risk, and these lawsuits aim to compensate victims for their injuries and damages.
Multiple research studies and surveys have found that excessive social media use contributes to mental health problems, especially in younger users and young women specifically.
These lawsuits allege that social media companies knew or should have known that their products are potentially unsafe for children. They claim that certain mental health problems in young people have been directly caused by excessive social media use, encouraged by the way that social media platforms are crafted.
No. These lawsuits are pending to be certified as a multidistrict litigation (MDL). MDLs are a type of legal procedure used to speed the process of handling complex litigations by consolidating cases and addressing pretrial procedures in a single court.
MDLs are consolidations of lawsuits with similar allegations and injuries, and are designed to ensure consistent rulings across cases with similar context.
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Social Media’s Effects on Mental Health | Instagram and Facebook Mental Health Lawsuit
The investigation into potential lawsuits for mental health effects from social media use is ongoing.
Several agencies, school districts and others have begun filing suit against Facebook (Meta) and other social media companies over the impacts they’ve had on young users.
If you or a loved one have experienced mental health effects due to social media use, you may be eligible to file a claim.
Contact TorHoerman Law or use the chatbot on this page to see if you qualify.
Facebook and Instagram (now Meta) support consolidation of the lawsuits, but other defendants like TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat are opposed to consolidation as they believe their platforms are not as related as Meta is to the claims.
Visit this page for more updates as they become available.
What is the Social Media Mental Health or Social Media Addiction Lawsuit?
Lawsuits against social media companies have alleged that teens and children are suffering from mental health issues and other related disorders due to excessive use and exposure to harmful content.
These claims center around the idea that social media companies like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat were intentionally designed to retain an audience of young users, and that in turn causes mental health problems.
The social media companies are accused of failing to warn users and parents about the risks of their products.
How did the Social Media Mental Health Lawsuits Come About?
Lawsuits alleging mental health problems in teens and young adults due to social media use stemmed from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony before congress, as well as the release of leaked internal Facebook documents on teen mental health relating to their platform.
What Health Effects are Potentially Linked to Excessive Social Media Use?
Lawsuits for health impacts from social media use include a variety of injuries or mental health effects, including the following:
Anxiety
Depression
Body dysmorphia and body image issues
Eating disorders
Suicide, self harm and suicidal ideation
Social media addiction and withdrawal
Sexual abuse, sexual assault and sexual exploita
Social Media Companies and Teen Mental Health Issues
Social media apps like Facebook (Meta), Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and others are used by teenagers around the world at extremely high rates.
With the extremely high rate of social media use by teens and children comes a high rate of potential mental health problems.
Paired with the social isolation of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the mental health impacts on vulnerable teens is at an all time high.
According to the Pew Research Center, 45% of teens are on social media “almost constantly“, with an average over 60% using the top social media platforms daily.
The University of Pennsylvania study look at the social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, and found that when teenage users engaged with social media sites for only a limited period per-day, their mental health took a dramatically positive turn.
Research on the rise in depression and anxiety in teens as it relates to social media use is fairly limited.
Efforts to expand knowledge on the issue include the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT), established to focus further research on these issues, promote social media safety, and strategize how social media users can change their relationships to certain platforms.
Facebook (Meta), Instagram, and Mental Health Problems in Teens
Facebook and Instagram have become a mainstay for teenage users of social media.
Instagram, more so than Facebook, is used by millions of teenagers on a daily basis and has been a catalyst in an increased risk for mental health problems in teens.
The Facebook Papers, leaked and published in an investigative series by the Wall Street Journal called the “Facebook Files” detail the internal research that Facebook employees completed.
The research at Facebook concluded that their platforms have a major impact on the mental health of young users, specifically teenage girls and young women.
Key findings from the Facebook papers include:
66% of teen girls on Instagram experience negative social comparison
52% of teen girls who experienced negative social comparison on Instagram said it was caused by images related to beauty and body image
32% of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse
Harm on Instagram falls into three major categories: social comparison, social pressure, and negative interactions with other people
82% of teens have felt at least one emotional issue in the past month, and one in five has thought about suicide or self-injury
The boundary between social media and in person relationships is often blurred, which can negatively impact self esteem and mental health in general.
Teens blame Instagram for increases in the rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms
Teenage users who struggle with mental health say that Instagram makes it worse and the positive aspects do not outweigh its negative impacts on self esteem and mental health
Learn more about the Instagram Mental Health Lawsuit here.
TikTok and Teen Mental Health Issues
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is among the most popular social media sites for teens and children.
The video platform is easy to use and understand, and filters users personal feeds according to an algorithm.
The negative effects of TikTok have been widely reported on and are now beginning to garner scientific research.
On TikTok, the worsening of mental health effects is an issue, as well as misdiagnosis of eating disorders, personality disorders, and other mental health issues.
Snapchat and Teen Mental Health Issues
Snapchat is a popular messaging and image sharing app used by teens around the world.
Much like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, Snap Inc. has been named in multiple lawsuits alleging mental health problems stemming from social media use.
Snapchat lends itself to excessive use in that users are encouraged to use the platform daily to keep their “streaks” – consecutive days they use the app to send messages to another user.
Excessive social media use has been proven to contribute to negative mental health effects in teens and young adults.
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) is a type of child pornography that refers to images or videos depicting sexual exploitation and the abuse of children online.
CSAM has been found on numerous social media sites, but has been especially rampant on Instagram.
This illegal and harmful content is spread within communities and groups on the platform, and Facebook (Meta) is aware of this, publishing a research study on the subject.
CSAM distribution is illegal and users can face criminal charges for partaking in the communities.
Legal action is being considered against social media companies for their part in allowing these communities to exist and for allowing vulnerable users to be exploited.
Learn more about the CSAM Lawsuit here.
Filing a Lawsuit for Social Media Mental Health Effects
Our law firm is investigating the claims against social media companies for mental illness caused by excessive usage.
Social media platforms have been proven to have negative effects on the mental well-being of teens and children who use them, and these lawsuits aim to compensate victims for the suffering that has been caused.
TorHoerman Law: Investigating Legal Action Against Social Media Companies
TorHoerman Law and our associated law firms are investigating the potential litigation against social media companies.
We understand the detrimental effects social media can have on young people and how these massive companies have evaded responsibility for their part in the mental suffering of some teenage users.
We are currently investigating and strategizing how to effectively move forward with legal action.
If you or a loved one have suffered from mental health problems potentially caused by social media usage, particularly Instagram, you may qualify for a claim.
Contact us today for a free consultation or use the chatbot on this page to see if you qualify instantly.Â
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