Social media platforms TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat spent last school year embroiled in a lawsuit accusing them of disrupting learning, contributing to a mental health crisis among youth and leaving teachers to manage the fallout.
An 11-year-old boy plays with his father's phone outside school in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Emilio Morenatti
Brett Caraway, a professor of media economics at the University of Toronto, said the situation the education system finds itself in this year is a consequence of the proliferation of mobile devices that began in 2007 with the advent of the iPhone. It has been exacerbated by camera capabilities, apps and social networks.
Much of those 20 hours are dedicated to the endless scroll of buzzy videos, posts and photos that come from the smattering of social media networks that have become household names in recent years. That can spell trouble for teachers just trying to get through a lesson or students needing to study but constantly being drawn in by the allure of social media.
By August, the group taking action against the tech giants had grown to 12 boards and two private schools seeking more than $8 billion, lawsuit organizers School Boards for Change said."Our children are literally falling apart and we have to spend extra resources in order to keep up with our obligation, which is to provide education," Caraway said. "So this lawsuit is an attempt to make someone pay for this.
But many say it's not a panacea. Even if students can't use phones in class, they are sneaking the use of them into "every nook and cranny" in their schedule, Caraway said. "Are you going to give them something that is designed to be less appealing, less one click, less infinite scroll?"What a family lawyer says you should know before getting divorced
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