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Lawsuit alleges social media giants exacerbating Native American youth mental health crisis
The lawsuit was filed earlier this year by several tribal nations, including Minnesota's Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and two other tribes in the Dakotas.
It claims parent companies to some of the most popular social media sites — including Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta and Snap — have violated Minnesota's laws against public nuisance, negligence, deceptive trade practice and unfair or unconscionable acts. It also claims the companies knew the longer users are on the platform, the more likely they would be exposed to content that is violent, sexual or encourages self-harm based on the sites' algorithms. In a statement earlier this summer, a spokesperson from Alphabet told WCCO the allegations are "simply not true" and providing young users with a safer and healthier experience has always been at the company's core.
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