Families of four teenagers who died by suicide filed a lawsuit in Delaware accusing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube of “years of escalating harms” driven by allegedly addictive platform design. The suit, brought by the Social Media Victims Law Center, alleges the teens experienced social media addiction, severe sleep deprivation, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation after long-term use. The complaint also says the companies knew about the harms. A Google spokesperson for YouTube said the company works with mental health and parenting experts to build age-appropriate experiences and offers parental controls, adding the company is reviewing the allegations. The filing lands in an environment where higher education increasingly deals with student well-being impacts tied to digital life and algorithmic feeds—and where universities may face policy and reputational pressures as litigation and regulatory scrutiny intensify around youth mental health and platform safety.