{"id":13852,"date":"2022-01-22T08:48:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnbnow.com\/?p=13852"},"modified":"2022-01-22T08:54:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:54:44","slug":"mother-sues-meta-and-snap-over-daughters-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnbnow.com\/mother-sues-meta-and-snap-over-daughters-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother sues Meta and Snap over daughter&#8217;s suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tammy Rodriguez, mother of an 11-year-old girl has sued the two social media companies Meta and Snap Inc in San Francisco federal court, alleging an addiction to their social media platforms caused the suicide of her young daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodriguez claimed that her daughter Selena was apparently so addicted to Instagram and Snapchat that she suffered depression, eating disorders, and sleep deprivation, before eventually killing herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.cand.uscourts.gov\/newcasefilings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the lawsuit<\/a>, filed on Thursday against the platforms\u2019 respective parent companies, Meta (formerly Facebook) and Snap, the photo-sharing and messaging apps lack parental control and \u201cseek to exploit users\u2019 susceptibility.\u201d As an alleged result, the girl had \u201cstruggled for more than two years with an extreme addiction\u201d and then took her own life in July last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selena was taken to a therapist, who told the girl\u2019s mother that \u201cshe had never seen a patient as addicted to social media as Selena,\u201d the lawsuit claims. News of the lawsuit was first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-21\/meta-snap-sued-over-social-media-addicted-girl-s-suicide?srnd=technology-vp&amp;sref=MTy2GeXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a mental health epidemic among American teens,\u201d attorney Matthew Bergman, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/socialmediavictims.org\/impact-of-social-media\/\">Social Media Victims Law Center<\/a> in Seattle, told Bloomberg. His company represents Tammy Rodriguez in the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is: Rodriguez v. Meta Platforms Inc. f\/k\/a Facebook Inc. 3:22-cv-00401, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attorney also filed a separate complaint this week, representing a mother in Oregon. \u201cNumerous mental health conditions\u201d of a 15-year-old are blamed on Snap and Meta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are devastated to hear of Selena\u2019s passing and our hearts go out to her family,\u201d a Snap spokesperson said Friday in an emailed statement, according to Bloomberg. \u201cWhile we can\u2019t comment on the specifics of active litigation, nothing is more important to us than the wellbeing of our community, \u201d\u00a0it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta and Snap knew or should have known that \u201ctheir social media products were harmful to a significant percentage of their minor users,\u201d the agency reports quoting Thursday\u2019s lawsuit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta representatives didn\u2019t respond to an email seeking comment, Bloomberg says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year Instagram had announced new measures aimed at protecting young users on its platform. Instagram&#8217;s CEO&nbsp;Adam Mosseri had appeared before US lawmakers to defend the app which US Senator Richard Blumenthal said had &#8220;toxic impacts&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US states had last year announced a joint probe on Instagram&#8217;s parent company Meta for promoting the app for children despite allegedly knowing its potential harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest lawsuit against Meta and Snapchat comes after whistleblower Frances Haugen ex-employee at Facebook had alleged that the company prioritized profits over people&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frances had asserted\u00a0that Facebook\u00a0should not be trusted to change its ways as she urged the lawmakers to curb\u00a0the social media giant&#8217;s unlimited power on the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(With inputs from agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy Rodriguez, mother of an 11-year-old girl has sued the two social media companies Meta and Snap Inc in San Francisco federal court, alleging an addiction to their social media platforms caused the suicide of her young daughter. 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