California court questions schools districts' bid to recover social media costs
By Maria Dinzeo ( August 22, 2026, 00:33 GMT | Insight) -- A California appeals court questioned whether social media companies can be forced to cover school districts' costs of dealing with student mental-health problems, classroom disruptions and other fallout tied to platform use.A California appeals court wrestled Friday with whether school districts in four states can make social media companies pay for the costs of addressing student mental-health and behavioral problems, questioning whether negligence law allows them to recover expenses arising out of harms to students....
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