these platforms shouldn t be held accountable for using resources more responsibly. that points to what we are seeing with this lawsuit. instagram has tools to combat bullying. snapchat has taken the fentanyl crisis seriously, has tools to prevent messaging that. youtube stopping radicalization. what mental health experts are warning, included upg to the surgeon general, is this is just not working, that teens are not experiencing the same level of joy and optimism that social platforms thought could bring them in they first rolled out. i want to read what meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram and now threads, says. reports from the cdc and others point to growing academic pressure, concerns of safety in schools lingering impact of the pandemic and limited access to mental health care as key factors. we want to work with the schools and academic experts to better understand these issues and how social media companies can provide teens with the support they need. mark, wh
affecting them on a moment-to-moment basis, and it is something that the large social media platforms can certainly control to at least a degree. so, mark when the internet first came out ten years ago or so, a little more, there were about 300 how to users. today, there are 4 billion users in the internet. this is something that must be controlled or our school-age children are going to continue to suffer, and suffer dramatically. quickly, before i let you go, one thing that stood out to me, you are doing it behalf on the school districts, right, who are saying we are having to deal with this. why do you believe this will be a more effective lawsuit going after these companies from that angle as opposed to from a parent who says i can t control this with my kid, i don t know how to break through this algorithm, or from a child who
cyberbullying. the american federation of teachers issued a report calling on social media organizations to rein it in, citing the dramatic disruption in the teaching and learning ecosystems of our nation s schools. well, now hundreds of school districts across the country suing the instagram, facebook, snapchat, tiktok. why? joining us is mark burn, representing 40 school districts, including the aspen school district and their lawsuit against big tech companies. cnn senior media analyst sara fisher with us as well. mark, regarding social media use among kids, you said that, quote, there is no we have an epidemic that is no different than opioids. can you explain what you mean by that? absolutely. the major social media companies have written their algorithms to intentionally addict children,
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