A group of school districts, state attorneys general and individuals have sued Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat, alleging the social media giants have contributed to a youth mental health crisis. Matt Cardy/Getty Images New York —

Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway.

Those are allegations a group of school districts is making in a lawsuit against the social media giants, according to a newly unsealed legal filing that quotes the companies’ own internal documents.

“IG (Instagram) is a drug … we’re basically pushers,” Meta researchers said in an internal chat, according to the filing.

An internal TikTok report noted that “minors do not have executive mental function to contro

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