How Does Social Media Cause Mental Health Issues? Parents are filing social media lawsuits against platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram, and their parent companies, claiming the tech giants failed to protect young users from violent and inappropriate content. The lawsuits claim that these companies defectively designed their apps to be intentionally addictive. Once lured into their web, these platforms exploited children by collecting their personal data and using it to churn profits for themselves while ignoring the detrimental effects the apps had on user's mental health. But just how does social media cause mental health issues?
In this post, we’ll explore the years of research linking social media use among teens and tweens to mental health issues.
Matthew Dolman
Personal Injury Lawyer
This article was written and reviewed by Matthew Dolman. Matt has been a practicing civil trial, personal injury, products liability, and mass tort lawyer since 2004. He has represented over 11,000 injury victims and has served as lead counsel in over 1000 lawsuits. Matt is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum for resolving individual cases in excess of $1 million and $2 million, respectively. He has also been selected by his colleagues as a Florida Superlawyer and as a member of Florida’s Legal Elite on multiple occasions. Further, Matt has been quoted in the media numerous times and is a sought-after speaker on a variety of legal issues and topics.
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