法庭文件顯示，美國Meta 與學校相關的青少年心理健康費用訴訟達成和解首例

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Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows

Reuters - Reporting by Courtney Rozen, Alexia Garamfalvi and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Caitlin Webber and David Ljunggren

Thu, May 21, 2026 at 10:43 a.m. PDT 1 min read

May 21 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Thursday reached a settlement in the first case set for trial seeking ‌to make social media companies cover the costs ‌that school districts say they have incurred to combat a mental health crisis ​allegedly fueled by platforms.

The agreement fully resolves a lawsuit brought by a Kentucky school district, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Alphabet's YouTube, Snap and TikTok. The case had been scheduled for ‌a June 15 trial ⁠in federal court in Oakland, California.

"We've resolved this case amicably and remain focused on our longstanding ⁠work to build protections like Teen Accounts that help teens stay safe online, while giving parents simple controls to support ​their families," ​said a spokesperson for Meta.

Breathitt ​County School District, a small ‌rural district in Appalachia, accused the companies of designing their platforms to keep young users hooked, driving anxiety, depression and self-harm among students and leaving schools to deal with the consequences.

Breathitt is among roughly 1,200 school districts pursuing similar claims. ‌Its case was selected as a ​bellwether, or test case, for those ​lawsuits.

The lawsuit sought over $60 ​million to cover the costs of counteracting the ‌impact of social media on ​students' mental health ​and to fund a 15-year mental health program to abate the problem. It also sought a court order ​requiring the companies ‌to modify their platforms to reduce addictive features.

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法庭文件顯示，美國Meta 與學校相關的青少年心理健康費用訴訟達成和解首例

5月21日（路透社）—Meta Platforms 週四就即將開庭審理的案件達成和解。該案是第一單旨在要求社交媒體公司承擔學區為應對據稱由平台引發的心理健康危機而產生的費用。

這項和解協議徹底解決了肯塔基州一個學區提起的訴訟，在此之前Alphabet 旗下的 YouTube、Snap 和 TikTok 等共同被告已達成了和解。Meta這案原定於6月15日在加州奧克蘭市的聯邦法院開庭審理。

Meta公司的發言人表示： “我們已以友好的方式解決此案，並將繼續專注於我們長期以來致力建立例如青少年帳戶之類的保護措施，幫助青少年有安全上網，同時為家長提供簡單的管控來支持其家庭。”

Appalachia地區的Breathitt縣學區是一個小型鄉村學區，該學區指控這些公司設計其平台旨在讓年輕用戶沉迷其中，導致學生焦慮、抑鬱和自殘，並讓學校承擔由此產生的後果。

Breathitt是大約1,200個提起類似訴訟的學區之一。該案被選為此類訴訟的風向標或測試案例。

該訴訟尋求超過6,000萬美元的賠償，用於支付應對社交媒體對學生心理健康影響的費用，並資助一項為期15年的心理健康計劃以緩解這一問題。訴訟還要求法院下令這些公司修改其平台，以減少其令人上癮的功能。

So, Meta Platforms has reached a settlement in the first case set for trial seeking ‌to make social media companies cover the costs ‌that school districts say they have incurred in combating a mental health crisis allegedly fueled by platforms. Apparently, AI is affecting a society in many respects.