Chesterfield joins lawsuit to hold social media companies accountable for dangerous challenges

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — From the “devious lick challenge,” which encouraged students to steal from their schools, to the “outlet challenge,” in which students are encouraged to place a coin between a phone charger and an electrical outlet — social media trends have lawyers pressing the owners of popular platforms to protect kids. Chesterfield County Public Schools has joined more than 400 school districts in a lawsuit against the owners of Tik Tok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, saying the content being posted to their platforms has damaged the...