Mom sues social media giants for allegedly driving her 11-year-old daughter to suicide
ABC News
A Connecticut mother filed a lawsuit last month against Meta and Snap for allegedly causing the death of her 11-year-old daughter.
Amid the ongoing debate over the effects social media has on teens and children, a Connecticut mother filed a lawsuit last month against Meta and Snap for allegedly causing the tragic death of her 11-year-old daughter.
In the lawsuit, mom Tammy Rodriguez claims that the "defective design, negligence and unreasonable dangerous features" of Meta and Snap's products led her daughter, Selena Rodriguez, to die by suicide last July.
Meta Platforms Inc. is the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, and Snap Inc. is the parent company of Snapchat.
The wrongful-death lawsuit, filed on Jan. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the San Francisco Division, alleges that Selena suffered "severe mental harm, leading to physical injury," from using the social media platforms.
