Annalee Schott used to live in rural Colorado where the farm, the barn, and the horses were her happy place. But online she was drawn into a dark world. The 18-year-old’s TikTok algorithm allegedly presented her with content—including a live suicide on her For You page—that impacted her self-worth and exacerbated her anxiety and depression. She was so addicted to social media that her mother, Lori Schott, says she would have to lock her daughter’s smartphone in the car.
In 2020, Annalee died by suicide. Six years later, Lori is one of the approximately 1,600 plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits from all over the US alleging
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