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Reuters: Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram. “Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about the platforms’ safety. All 29 states accused Meta of violating federal law by improperly […]

Reuters: Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram. “Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about the platforms’ safety. All 29 states accused Meta of violating federal law by improperly […]

Reuters: Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram. “Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about the platforms’ safety. All 29 states accused Meta of violating federal law by improperly […]

Reuters: Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram. “Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about the platforms’ safety. All 29 states accused Meta of violating federal law by improperly […]

Reuters: Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram. “Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and misleading consumers about the platforms’ safety. All 29 states accused Meta of violating federal law by improperly […]

PsyPost: Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers’ academic coping skills. “A recent study of high school students reveals that addictive use of short-form video apps predicts a decline in a student’s ability to handle everyday academic stress.”

PsyPost: Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers’ academic coping skills. “A recent study of high school students reveals that addictive use of short-form video apps predicts a decline in a student’s ability to handle everyday academic stress.”

PsyPost: Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers’ academic coping skills. “A recent study of high school students reveals that addictive use of short-form video apps predicts a decline in a student’s ability to handle everyday academic stress.”

PsyPost: Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers’ academic coping skills. “A recent study of high school students reveals that addictive use of short-form video apps predicts a decline in a student’s ability to handle everyday academic stress.”

PsyPost: Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers’ academic coping skills. “A recent study of high school students reveals that addictive use of short-form video apps predicts a decline in a student’s ability to handle everyday academic stress.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

Reuters: US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction. “The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the companies’ bid to reverse a lower court’s ruling forcing them to face more than 3,000 lawsuits over the claims filed in federal court, concluding that the appeal came too early in ​the litigation.”

TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

TechSpot: Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction. “Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it’s using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on […]

Florence opens Italy’s first centre for digital addiction.

“Discover”, Italy’s first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.

The initiative is Italy’s first attempt to tackle the phenomenon of addiction to the digital world, which mainly affects young people and has social and cultural repercussions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-florence-opens-italys-first-centre-for-digital-addiction?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Italy #Tech #Addiction #DigitalAddiction

Florence opens Italy’s first centre for digital addiction.

“Discover”, Italy’s first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.

The initiative is Italy’s first attempt to tackle the phenomenon of addiction to the digital world, which mainly affects young people and has social and cultural repercussions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-florence-opens-italys-first-centre-for-digital-addiction?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Italy #Tech #Addiction #DigitalAddiction

Florence opens Italy’s first centre for digital addiction.

“Discover”, Italy’s first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.

The initiative is Italy’s first attempt to tackle the phenomenon of addiction to the digital world, which mainly affects young people and has social and cultural repercussions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-florence-opens-italys-first-centre-for-digital-addiction?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Italy #Tech #Addiction #DigitalAddiction

Florence opens Italy’s first centre for digital addiction.

“Discover”, Italy’s first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.

The initiative is Italy’s first attempt to tackle the phenomenon of addiction to the digital world, which mainly affects young people and has social and cultural repercussions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-florence-opens-italys-first-centre-for-digital-addiction?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Italy #Tech #Addiction #DigitalAddiction

Florence opens Italy’s first centre for digital addiction.

“Discover”, Italy’s first specialist centre to tackle risks linked to the misuse of digital technologies, is to open in Florence.

The initiative is Italy’s first attempt to tackle the phenomenon of addiction to the digital world, which mainly affects young people and has social and cultural repercussions.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260723-florence-opens-italys-first-centre-for-digital-addiction?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SocialMedia #Italy #Tech #Addiction #DigitalAddiction

https://www.europesays.com/ie/600400/ How infinite scrolling hijacks the brain’s reward system like slot machines do #BeBright #BrainHealth #CygnetHospitalHarrow #DigitalAddiction #doomscrolling #Dopamine #Éire #ForensicPsychologist #IE #InfiniteScrolling #Instagram #Ireland #MatteoParissi #NeurophysiologicalPsychologist #Phones #PrefrontalCortex #SarahWarley #SocialMedia #SocialMediaAddiction #Technology #Teens #UK

Associated Press: YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction. “YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being.”

Associated Press: YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction. “YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being.”

Associated Press: YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction. “YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being.”

Associated Press: YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction. “YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being.”

Associated Press: YouTube joins Meta in appealing a jury verdict that faulted them for users’ social media addiction. “YouTube has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, seeking to challenge the jury’s determination that the company designed its platform to hook young users without concern for their well-being.”

Gizmodo: Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case. “K.G.M., the profile says, was a working class child of a fairly recent divorce when she started using YouTube, and was obsessed with her older sister who was careening toward an eating disorder. She was struggling in school. It’s familiar, and so is the idea of coping with heavy use of YouTube.”

Gizmodo: Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case. “K.G.M., the profile says, was a working class child of a fairly recent divorce when she started using YouTube, and was obsessed with her older sister who was careening toward an eating disorder. She was struggling in school. It’s familiar, and so is the idea of coping with heavy use of YouTube.”

Gizmodo: Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case. “K.G.M., the profile says, was a working class child of a fairly recent divorce when she started using YouTube, and was obsessed with her older sister who was careening toward an eating disorder. She was struggling in school. It’s familiar, and so is the idea of coping with heavy use of YouTube.”

Gizmodo: Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case. “K.G.M., the profile says, was a working class child of a fairly recent divorce when she started using YouTube, and was obsessed with her older sister who was careening toward an eating disorder. She was struggling in school. It’s familiar, and so is the idea of coping with heavy use of YouTube.”

Gizmodo: Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case. “K.G.M., the profile says, was a working class child of a fairly recent divorce when she started using YouTube, and was obsessed with her older sister who was careening toward an eating disorder. She was struggling in school. It’s familiar, and so is the idea of coping with heavy use of YouTube.”

New York Times: ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School. This link goes to a gift article. “Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay […]

New York Times: ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School. This link goes to a gift article. “Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay […]

New York Times: ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School. This link goes to a gift article. “Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay […]

New York Times: ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School. This link goes to a gift article. “Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay […]

New York Times: ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School. This link goes to a gift article. “Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay […]

https://www.europesays.com/uk/992864/ Fact Check Friday: Are we actually addicted to our phones, or just bored? | Health News #AttentionSpan #BoredomAndSmartphones #DigitalAddiction #doomscrolling #DopamineAndPhones #EndlessScrolling #ExcessivePhoneUse #FactCheckFriday #Health #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAndPhones #PhoneAddiction #ScreenTime #ShortFormContent #SmartphoneAddiction #SmartphoneHabits #SmartphoneOveruse #UK #UnitedKingdom

Fact Check Friday: Are we actually addicted to our phones, or just bored? | Health News

 
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Fact Check Friday: Are we actually addicted to our phones, or just bored? | Health News

 
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CNBC: EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids on social media. “The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target ‘addictive design’ features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of social media.”

CNBC: EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids on social media. “The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target ‘addictive design’ features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of social media.”

CNBC: EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids on social media. “The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target ‘addictive design’ features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of social media.”

CNBC: EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids on social media. “The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target ‘addictive design’ features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of social media.”

CNBC: EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ targeting kids on social media. “The EU is clamping down on social media firms and plans to target ‘addictive design’ features on TikTok and Instagram as governments worldwide look to protect children from the harms of social media.”

🚫🔒 Oh no! The EU is here to save the kids from the big bad social media wolves, but it looks like we need a secret handshake just to read about it! 🙄🔍 Maybe the real addictive design is the thrill of trying to access forbidden content. 😂🛑
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html #EUregulations #socialmedia #accessforbidden #digitaladdiction #kidsafety #HackerNews #ngated

🚫🔒 Oh no! The EU is here to save the kids from the big bad social media wolves, but it looks like we need a secret handshake just to read about it! 🙄🔍 Maybe the real addictive design is the thrill of trying to access forbidden content. 😂🛑
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html #EUregulations #socialmedia #accessforbidden #digitaladdiction #kidsafety #HackerNews #ngated

🚫🔒 Oh no! The EU is here to save the kids from the big bad social media wolves, but it looks like we need a secret handshake just to read about it! 🙄🔍 Maybe the real addictive design is the thrill of trying to access forbidden content. 😂🛑
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html #EUregulations #socialmedia #accessforbidden #digitaladdiction #kidsafety #HackerNews #ngated

🚫🔒 Oh no! The EU is here to save the kids from the big bad social media wolves, but it looks like we need a secret handshake just to read about it! 🙄🔍 Maybe the real addictive design is the thrill of trying to access forbidden content. 😂🛑
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html #EUregulations #socialmedia #accessforbidden #digitaladdiction #kidsafety #HackerNews #ngated

🚫🔒 Oh no! The EU is here to save the kids from the big bad social media wolves, but it looks like we need a secret handshake just to read about it! 🙄🔍 Maybe the real addictive design is the thrill of trying to access forbidden content. 😂🛑
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/tiktok-instagram-social-media-addictive-eu-crack-down.html #EUregulations #socialmedia #accessforbidden #digitaladdiction #kidsafety #HackerNews #ngated

PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

Reuters: Meta faces New Mexico trial that could force changes to Facebook, other platforms. “The case, which will be tried before a judge in Santa Fe, stems from ‌a lawsuit filed by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, accusing the social media giant of designing its products to addict young users and failing to protect ‌children from sexual exploitation on its platforms.”