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Board records split votes on social‑media measure; supervisors disagree over litigation as remedy for youth mental health
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a consent‑calendar item on holding social‑media platforms accountable for youth mental health harms but recorded two no votes. The item prompted a broader debate about litigation, warning labels and the role of government in addressing platform features that researchers link to mental‑health harms in young people.
A resolution on the consent calendar that asked the county to join efforts holding social‑media companies accountable for harms to youth mental health passed as part of the consent agenda; the clerk recorded Supervisors Joel Anderson and Jim Desmond voting no on the item.
Vice Chair Tara Lawson Reimer, who sponsored the item, urged stronger action against platform practices she described as “deliberately” designed to capitalize on young people’s vulnerabilities. Lawson Reimer…
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