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Board hears proposal to join national school-district MDL against social media companies; legal team outlines timeline and risks
Summary
Legal counsel briefed the school board on a national MDL that would sue major social media companies for harms to student mental health and district costs; counsel said joining would carry no upfront district cost and any settlement would require board approval.
Board legal staff and outside counsel presented options for Indian River County School District to join a national multi-district litigation (MDL) filed by other school districts and state attorneys general against major social media companies.
Amy Envall (district counsel) said the MDL aims to recover costs the youth mental-health and school disruption crises have imposed on districts and to secure platform changes (for example: content-removal tools, restrictions on addictive algorithmic features, or age-based limitations). She said roughly 45 Florida districts had already joined and that joining would be at no out-of-pocket cost to the…
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