New York State has among others taken to the courtroom some of the primary players in creation of most informative and engaging Industry communication and social media platforms. New York City has filed litigation against Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok for “fueling a mental health crisis among youth” in the United States.
These premises make it seem inevitable that the plan of the New York government will inevitably be this: sue social media platforms until certain limits are reached that result in both the prohibition of some functions and, ultimately, the prohibition of access to the social networks on the part of minors.
New York wants to alter the future of its youth by ensuring that it does not succumb to influence and inclusion in social media.
As Mayor Eric Adams stated recently, we have been learning for the last ten years that the Internet is an obsession in our society. Despite the fact that New York City is known as some sort of a great technological power, the mayor seems to think that the issue of children’s mental health is not a child’s problem but an adult issue.
And that is why this lawsuit does not aim to providemediate social networks “to harm children” or “create addiction” in the next few years.
Basically, the lawsuit against social networks consists of three keys:Basically, the lawsuit against social networks consists of three keys:
Algorithms for compulsive use: evidence from a large-scale study on social media.
This means that they should encourage the users to receive likes.
This tactic makes users to go back to the app to reply their messages and comments.
One of the posters during the mayor’s press conference read the following: “My view is that social media causes loneliness, isolation, depression in young people.
Our Conclusion
At the same time, it should be noted that while the approach of the New York government may seem beneficial and a good intention, it also neglects that the mental health of young people and children, including the mentioned group of minors, depends to a great extent on the education of parents.
