Lawsuit filed in Los Angeles court names Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and others as defendants
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth.
“Enough is enough. Endless scrolling is rewiring our teenagers’ brains,” added Gena Kakkak, chairwoman of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. “We are demanding these social media corporations take responsibility for intentionally creating dangerous features that ramp up the compulsive use of social media by the youth on our Reservation.”
The Associated Press reached out to the companies for comment. Google said “the allegations in these complaints are simply not true.” Mental health care is already difficult to access from remote locations, and generations of colonization and social stigma create more barriers, particularly when the care isn’t culturally appropriate, advocates say.
“I won’t speak for all Native people, but from my lived experience there is this sense of shared responsibility for the well-being of our community and community members,” she added. She said Indigenous people need to think about how they carry that commitment into the digital world.
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