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Attorney outlines option for Mercer Island School District to join mass suits against social media platforms
Summary
At a Mercer Island School District study session, attorney Chris Greer of Keller Rohrback described how school districts nationwide are suing major social media companies over alleged harms to student mental health and recommended federal multidistrict litigation as the most active venue; board members asked for more information and a list of bellw
Chris Greer, an attorney with Keller Rohrback LLP, told the Mercer Island School District board at a study session that hundreds of school districts have sued major social media companies over harms they say the platforms cause to students’ mental health.
Greer said the consolidated federal multidistrict litigation — and a parallel state-court proceeding known as a JCCP in California — currently include more than 1,300 school districts and that federal court appears to be the more active forum. “When I say that, I’m referring to kind of 4 for 5 platforms. So it’s Meta, both Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and then Google, specifically for YouTube,” Greer said, summarizing the defendants named in the complaints.
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