The parents of a 17-year-old boy who killed himself in 2015 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. The suit claims that social media companies knowingly get kids addicted to their platforms — even though the companies know it will lead some to take their own lives. Sadly, that young man’s is not the only such case, and other parents are also suing social media companies.

Chris and Donna Dawley, of Salem, Wisconsin, filed the suit earlier this month along with the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC). SMVLC describes itself as working “to hold social media companies legally accountable for the harm they inflict on vulnerable users.” The Dawleys turned to SMVLC after seven years of “trying to figure out what happened” to their son, Christopher James “CJ” Dawley.

In 2012, Barack Obama was president, Marvel’s The Avengers was released in theaters, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Atlantic Ocean and the East Coast of the United States, the Mayan Calendar ran out, and CJ was 14 years old. He did what many kids his age were doing: He signed up for Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. And — as did many of his peers — he used those social media platforms as a sort of “log” to document his day-to-day life for the perusal of friends and strangers.