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Current News Stories

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

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

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

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

Sand Springs Mom Joins Lawsuit Against Snapchat After Son Overdoses

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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Matthew Bergman on King5 News
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Oregon mom sues Meta, Snap over teen’s mental health
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Videos

Parents of LI suicide teen break down at TikTok hearing on Capitol Hill

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

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

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

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

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

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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