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West York Area SD board considers joining national litigation over social media's impact on student mental health
Summary
Board members discussed an engagement agreement to join a national litigation alleging social media harms student mental health; no final vote was taken, administrators said surveys would be aggregated and student names would not be shared.
Board members discussed whether West York Area School District should join a national legal effort alleging that social media companies harm students' mental health. The proposal would involve completing surveys and providing aggregated district-level data to the law firm handling the litigation.
A board member introduced the item as an "almost like a class action lawsuit" targeting platforms "from Facebook to Tik Tok," saying the district had been presented a similar opportunity several years ago and that participating districts in that earlier case received settlements ranging from…
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