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Eugene

(62,756 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:00 AM Oct 1

Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis

Source: Associated Press

Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis

By ANDREW DEMILLO
Updated 8:02 PM EDT, September 30, 2024

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state.

Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office filed the lawsuit in state court, accusing them of violating the state’s deceptive trade practices and public nuisance laws. The lawsuit claims the site is addictive and has resulted in the state spending millions on expanded mental health and other services for young people.

“YouTube amplifies harmful material, doses users with dopamine hits, and drives youth engagement and advertising revenue,” the lawsuit said. “As a result, youth mental health problems have advanced in lockstep with the growth of social media, and in particular, YouTube.”

Alphabet’s Google, which owns the video service and is also named as a defendant in the case, denied the lawsuit’s claims.

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Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis (Original Post) Eugene Oct 1 OP

Mental abuse comes in many forms, is Arkansas aware of Orange Lies? bucolic_frolic Oct 1 #1

I think conservative churches are way worse wolfie001 Oct 1 #2

quite the opposite - youtube KEPT me sane during the covid lockdown Blues Heron Oct 1 #3

If Yoo Toob keeps them away from a) Mopar151 Oct 1 #4

bucolic_frolic

(47,537 posts)

1. Mental abuse comes in many forms, is Arkansas aware of Orange Lies?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:06 AM

Oct 1

wolfie001

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2. I think conservative churches are way worse

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:12 AM

Oct 1

They breed the hate that's fueling donald dump and his minions.

Blues Heron

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3. quite the opposite - youtube KEPT me sane during the covid lockdown

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Tue Oct 1, 2024, 09:16 AM

Oct 1

thank god for youtube! its the best thing on the net.

Mopar151

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4. If Yoo Toob keeps them away from a)

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 10:37 AM

Oct 1

A) ALCOHOL Ain't ever seen folks as immersed in alcohol culture as Arkies!

B) BIBLE ABUSERS - Of every stripe. The Dugggars are from Arkansas!

C) THE PROUDLY IGNORANT, casually racist, culturally inbred

Yes, I know some Arkies! My friends were from Texarkana - according to them, home of "Mo` Bums and Wy-Nos per square foot than anywheres else!"

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