ADAMS TWP — Mars Area School Board voted Tuesday, May 2, to join a class-action lawsuit against social media companies, including Meta Platforms, Facebook Holdings, Snap, TikTok, YouTube and others.

“Basically, some of these social media sites really need to be regulated more,” superintendent Mark Gross said.

The lawsuit posits that accessibility to these applications, as well as increasing exposure to negative content on them, has had a direct effect on students’ mental health and well-being over the years, according to Gross.

“So (the plaintiffs) are trying to parallel that with the rise of mental health issues among children,” Gross said.