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13,000 YouTube Views: Kansas Student's School Binge
30 Apr
Summary
- Seventh grader logged 13,000 YouTube views on school devices.
- Student watched YouTube Shorts, often featuring game-related content.
- A lawsuit awarded $3 million against YouTube and Meta for addictive platforms.
Concerns are mounting over excessive YouTube consumption by students on school devices. A Kansas seventh grader allegedly accumulated 13,000 YouTube views over two months, primarily during school hours, on a school-issued device. This binge-watching reportedly involved an endless stream of YouTube Shorts, including content related to video games the student was restricted from playing.
This incident highlights a broader trend of digital content addiction among young people. Another student in Oregon logged 200 views in one school morning, while a fourth-grader required addiction treatment after watching four hours of YouTube daily. Meanwhile, a California woman was awarded $3 million in a lawsuit against Google and Meta, asserting their platforms fostered harmful addiction in her youth.
Google has stated its disagreement with the lawsuit's verdict, maintaining YouTube is a responsibly built platform, not social media. In Wichita, Kansas, the student's mother, now an elected school board member, is actively working to implement controls to curb excessive YouTube viewing within the school district.
