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Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount

Marcus Chen
Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Friday, July 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Social media companies sued over deaths of four teens as pressure, lawsuits over child safety mount — WFLA Statewide, Naples Community news
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The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social media giants that alleges their platforms [...]

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