More Ontario school boards, including one in Muskoka, say it’s time to hold social media companies accountable for disrupting the education system.
Trillium Lakelands is one of several boards joining a lawsuit started by four others claiming social media products, intentionally designed for compulsive use, have rewired the way children think, behave, and learn.
They’re calling on the companies to redesign their products to keep students safe, changes they say will result in a reduction in mental health harms to youth and disruptions to the education system.
The lawsuit also looks for compensation for losses related to tackling what the boards say is the crisis social media has created in schools.
They add banning cellphones in classrooms is only one piece of the puzzle.
MyWestNipissingNow.com has reached out to the four local boards to see if there are plans here to join the lawsuit.
