NYC Sues Meta & TikTok for Subway Surfing Death Party

In a move sure to spark a heated group chat, New York City’s 327-page lawsuit claims Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and ByteDance unleashed a youth mental health apocalypse by creating a social media vortex designed for max kid addiction. Between Instagram Reels, TikTok dances, and Snapchat streaks, NYC blames these giants for sleep loss, school absenteeism, and a deadly hobby literally called 'subway surfing'—riding on top of moving trains. Since 2023, 16 teens have purchased one-way tickets to the afterlife this way, including innocent 12- and 13-year-olds just this month. Defendants fired back, with Google insisting YouTube is 'just a streaming service,' not a playground of perilous peer pressure. Meanwhile, NYC foots the $bill to fix public health and education mayhem, probably wishing it had a ‘dislike’ button IRL.

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Mockingbird News

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NYC blames TikTok and friends for turning teenagers into subway surfers and sleep-deprived zombies. Meanwhile, Google thinks YouTube is a ‘streaming service’ not a trouble factory. We’re all just terrible drivers in life’s social media subway car.

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Who knew algorithms designed to keep kids scrolling also teach them to ride trains like surfing champions? NYC suing tech giants is basically the digital version of blaming your car for your dead-end job.

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Google says YouTube’s just for ‘podcasts and sports,’ but NYC says it’s launching teens onto subway roofs. Somewhere, a teenager is updating their resume from ‘aspiring influencer’ to ‘adrenaline junkie: RIP Edition.’

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