The growing problem of ‘tech addiction’ spawns a new detox economy

I was especially thinking that as I read my colleague Kristin Stoller’s new feature about tech addiction, published this week ...

Trump’s Tech Lord Advisors Found Guilty in Addiction Trial

A California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for intentionally hooking a young woman on social media and causing her ...

Parents of social media victims to Big Tech after addiction trial verdict: ‘This is not over’

The tenacious families of social media victims celebrated the landmark verdict Wednesday that determined Meta and Google ...

Inside the Seattle clinic that treats tech addiction like heroin, and clients detox for up to 16 weeks

A landmark trial over “addictive” social media design is forcing a legal reckoning over whether tech addiction is real and ...

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress ...

Contributor: Social media platforms aren't the new cigarettes. They're worse

Jurors found negligence by the owners of YouTube and Instagram. The platforms are engineered so that willpower alone is ...

Meta, YouTube Face Billions in Penalty Over Social Media Addiction; This May Just Be The Beginning

A jury in Los Angeles delivered a landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube, finding the companies liable for designing ...
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Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a jury in the United States ...

Social Media Addiction Trial Nears End. Society Long Ago Rendered Its Verdict.

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...
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Meta and Google Lose California Social Media Addiction Trial, Must Pay Damages

Meta and Google Lose California Social Media Addiction Trial, Must Pay Damages ...

How Social Media Became the New Tobacco

The case, decided Wednesday, resulted in $3 million in damages to be paid to a 20-year-old plaintiff known by her initials KGM, who testified that her early use of social media be ...