Opinion: Tennessee schools’ social media lawsuit not necessarily the answer

AP File Photo/Paul Sakuma / In this June 4, 2012, photo, an unidentified 11-year-old girl logs into Facebook on her iPhone at her home in Palo Alto, California.
AP File Photo/Paul Sakuma / In this June 4, 2012, photo, an unidentified 11-year-old girl logs into Facebook on her iPhone at her home in Palo Alto, California.

Hamilton County is not yet one of the 36 Tennessee school districts that recently filed lawsuits against social media companies demanding accountability and action, but parents of local students who have been hurt in some way by posts on such platforms may put pressure on the district to do so.

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