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Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis

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Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state.

Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office filed the lawsuit in state court, accusing them of violating the state’s deceptive trade practices and public nuisance laws. The lawsuit claims the site is addictive and has resulted in the state spending millions on expanded mental health and other services for young people.

Alphabet’s Google, which owns the video service and is also named as a defendant in the case, denied the lawsuit’s claims.

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