Two tribal nations sue social media companies over youth suicides

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American young people (PA)

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth.

Their lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles county court names Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms; Snapchat’s Snap Inc; TikTok parent company ByteDance; and Alphabet, which owns YouTube and Google, as defendants.