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‘Your platform should be banned’: Lawmakers blast TikTok CEO over security concerns

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Two more Colorado Families Join SMVLC’s wrongful death lawsuit against Snapchat

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‘Snapchat Drug Cartel’ sells fake pills to tweens and teens, wrongful death class-action lawsuit alleges

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What a Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could mean for the internet

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Sand Springs Mom Joins Lawsuit Against Snapchat After Son Overdoses

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Rep. Bilirakis blames TikTok for teen's suicide
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Parents of LI suicide teen break down at TikTok hearing on Capitol Hill
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'Your platform should be banned': Lawmakers blast TikTok CEO over security concerns
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TikTok Hit With Another Lawsuit Over Teens’ Eating Disorders
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Class-action lawsuit filed against Snapchat over drug delivery deaths
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Teens Lobbying to Regular Social Media
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British Ruling Pins Blame on Social Media for Teenager’s Suicide
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The Molly Russell inquest verdict damns Silicon Valley. There can be no more excuses.
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Molly Russell's inquest to put focus on big tech
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Teens on screens: These dangers keep growing. Parents should pay close attention | Miraldi
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Two new lawsuits claim Meta's Instagram caused eating disorders
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Instagram lawsuits claim platform fuels eating disorders, mental health issues for young users
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2 new lawsuits point to Instagram for causing eating disorders and other disorders to teenagers who use the app
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Parents speak out on lawsuit accusing Instagram of fueling daughter's eating disorder, depression
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Kentucky mother sues Meta, alleges Instagram fueled teen daughter's anorexia: 'We all need to wake up'
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Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok Cause Mental Health Problems in Teens, Lawsuits Claim
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TikTok Being Sued by Parents of Children Who Died Attempting Blackout Challenge
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Parents Sue TikTok Over Deaths of Two Girls After ‘Blackout Challenge'
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Families sue TikTok after girls died while trying ‘blackout challenge’
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Teen Suing Meta for ‘Deliberately’ Making Platforms Addictive, Harmful: ‘They Are Fully Aware’
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Meta Knew its Apps Harm Teens' Mental Health, Families Allege in Lawsuit
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Family Blames Instagram for Teen’s Eating Disorder in Lawsuit Challenging Section 230 Protections
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Parents sue Meta alleging teen daughter suffered due to Instagram addiction
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Their teenage children died by suicide. Now these families want to hold social media companies accountable
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Social media Platforms After Suicide of Wisconsin Teen
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Facebook, Snapchat Hit with Suit Over Teen's Suicide
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Meta, Snap Sued by Mother of Wisconsin Teen for His Suicide
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Instagram, Snapchat, Addiction Led to 17-Year-Old's Suicide: Lawsuit
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Kenosha County Mother Sues Social Media Companies Over Teen's Suicide, Calls Apps Defective, Dangerous
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Grieving Mother Sues Facebook, Snapchat over Her Son's Suicide
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SMVLC: Teenage TikTok Influencer Confronted by Armed Stalker at Family’s Florida Home
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Oregon woman sues Meta, Snap over alleged mental health harm
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Mom sues Meta and Snap over her daughter's suicide
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Meta and Snap sued by mother over alleged role in her daughter's suicide
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Mother sues Meta and Snap over daughter's suicide
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Instagram, Snapchat Obsession Caused 11-Year-Old’s Suicide, Lawsuit Claims
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Meta, Snap sued over social media ‘addicted’ 11-year-old girl’s suicide
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Mother sues Meta and Snap over tween daughter’s suicide
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Mother of 11-year-old who died by suicide sues social media firms Meta and Snap
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Lawsuit accuses Snapchat of 'defective design' and 'negligence' after CT girl, 11, dies of suicide
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Mujer demanda a Instagram y Snapchat por el suicidio de su hija de 11 años
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Connecticut mother sues Meta, Snap Inc. over 11-year-old daughter’s suicide
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Mom sues Instagram, Snapchat companies after 11-year-old’s suicide
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Meta, Snap Sued Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Girl’s Suicide
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Mother Sues Meta, Snap Over Social Media ‘Addicted’ Daughter’s Suicide
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FORBES: Holding Social Media Companies Accountable
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TikTok Diagnosis Videos Leave Some Teens Thinking They Have Rare Mental Disorders
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Parents of LI suicide teen break down at TikTok hearing on Capitol Hill

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Seattle Public Schools Sue Social Media Companies, Claiming Responsibility for an increase in Teenage Mental Health Issues

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Matthew Bergman talks to Good Morning America about lawsuits against Snapchat over drug delivery deaths​

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Attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett speaks at the House Committee meeting addressing Big Tech and the Fentanyl Poisoning Crisis​

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SMVLC Speaks With Case Works About the Latest Social Media Lawsuit Updates​

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Milwaukee 9-year-old dies attempting Tiktok ‘blackout’ challenge – Good Morning America

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Seattle Public Schools Sue Social Media Companies, Claiming Responsibility for an increase in Teenage Mental Health Issues
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Moms take on Snapchat over teen fentanyl deaths
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Matthew Bergman talks to Good Morning America about lawsuits against Snapchat over drug delivery deaths
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Attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett speaks at the House Committee meeting addressing Big Tech and the Fentanyl Poisoning Crisis
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SMVLC Speaks With Case Works About the Latest Social Media Lawsuit Updates
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Milwaukee 9-year-old dies attempting Tiktok 'blackout' challenge - Good Morning America
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TikTok Being Sued by Parents of Children Who Died Attempting Blackout Challenge
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SMVLC Interviewed by Television New Zealand Breakfast Show About Social Media Addiction Around the World.
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Facebook Documents Show at Least 5% of Teens are Addicted to Instagram
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Family Sues Meta Alleging Teen Daughter Suffered Harm Due to Instagram Addiction
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Parents Sue Meta Over Daughter's Addiction
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Family Sues Over Daughter's "Addictive" Instagram Use
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Family Sues Meta Over Mental Health Decline
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Mom Sues Social Media Companies After Son Dies by Suicide
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SMVLC Interviewed on CNN About How Social Media Affects the Lives of Teens and How CJ Dawley's Parents Feel it Contributed to the Death of their Son.
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SMVLC Featured in 60 Mins Australia Special About 15-Year-Old, Tilly Rosewarne and how social media cyberbullying ruined her life.
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SMVLC Interviewed on 60 Minutes Australia About the Addictive Properties of Social Media Platforms. 
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SMVLC Speaks at Sync Digital Well Being Summit to discuss digital wellbeing best practices and showcases the latest research.
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SMVLC Speaks with Cyber Safe Families About How Parents Can Help Protect Kids Online
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Oregon Mom Sues meta, Snap Over Teen's Mental Health
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Oregon Mother Files Lawsuit Against Meta and Snap, Inc.
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Mother Sues Social Media Giants, Says they're to Blame for Daughter's Suicide
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Mom Sues Snapchat, Meta after 11-year Old's Suicide
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