[rychco]

So the public schools will turn a profit from the increasingly depressed teens... and then what? Business as usual with some bonus cash for counseling services? What's the real goal here? Precedent?

I don't see the (non-monetary) benefit unless there are new laws introduced that severely restrict how social media is allowed to operate or outright ban various addictive techniques employed by their platforms (which will need to be constantly amended because they'll come with addictive ideas faster than they can possibly be proven addictive).

[shkkmo]

> What's the real goal here? Precedent?

Precedent is a big one, but it is also possible that the court could order these companies to take specific steps to redress this harm.