# Arkansas sues Youtube for fueling mental health crisis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329 "2024-10-01T12:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329/1 "2024-10-01T12:16:36Z")

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From what little I know about YouTube as a casual consumer, I agree with this idea. No doubt you can find all sorts of unpleasant things on the site that younger viewers should not encounter.

> **[Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health...](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/arkansas-sues-youtube-claims-site-fueling-mental-health-114365237/)**
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> Arkansas has sued YouTube and its parent company Alphabet, saying the video-sharing platform is deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329/2 "2024-10-01T16:02:30Z")

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Do they get credit for so many BetterHelp sponsorships?