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Social justice
fromNBC News
2 weeks agoPlaintiff in landmark social media trial testifies that apps affected her 'self-worth'
A 20-year-old plaintiff testified that childhood use of Instagram and YouTube caused depression, anxiety, and social withdrawal, claiming the platforms were designed to be addictive and harmful to mental health.
#platform-design-manipulation
Digital life
fromIndependent
1 week agoMartina Devlin: One day, we'll look back in disbelief at how we pandered to tech giants at the expense of our children
Governments avoid regulating social media platforms due to fear of economic consequences, while children suffer from deliberately addictive platform designs that exploit psychological vulnerabilities.
Digital life
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week agoBreaking free from smartphone addiction: Defensive tactics against those tricky algorithms
Tech companies use manipulative tactics and surveillance to trap users in their platforms, creating widespread anger about digital exploitation and the need for regulatory intervention.
#meta-litigation
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
1 week agoMeta CEO Zuckerberg takes issue with the word 'addictive' in deposition shown at landmark trial
Meta CEO Zuckerberg testified that Facebook and Instagram set engagement goals to increase teenage user time while internal research documented addictive features and harms to young users.
Social media marketing
fromFortune
2 weeks agoSocial media companies are fighting the 'age verification trap' as collecting biometrics on kids violates privacy rights | Fortune
Social media platforms are implementing biometric age verification systems that paradoxically compromise user privacy while attempting to reduce childhood addiction through regulatory compliance.
Mental health
fromHarvard Gazette
2 weeks agoIs social media responsible for what happens to users? - Harvard Gazette
A Los Angeles jury will determine whether Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube are intentionally designed to be addictive and cause mental health harm to teenagers, potentially reshaping tech platform liability under a 1996 law.
Mental health
fromDefector
2 weeks agoMeta's Defense In Social Media Addiction Trial Is Basically A Shrug | Defector
Meta and YouTube face a bellwether trial where a plaintiff alleges deliberate platform design caused addiction and mental health harm, with over 1,500 similar lawsuits pending the outcome.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 weeks ago20-year-old plaintiff testifies she became addicted to social media as early as 6 in landmark trial
I would just get really upset and sad and feel like I wasn't worthy I guess. The lack of online engagement made her feel insecure, and made her feel like she looked ugly, and affected her self-worth. When asked why she continued using YouTube despite negative experiences, including bullying, she responded: because being off of it bothered me more than the comments.
Social justice
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month agoWhat to watch: Don't Die' harpoons our social media addiction
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die: Gore Verbinski's mad, mad, mad epic is angry, angry, angry. And with good reason. The apocalyptic dramedy shoots its poison-tipped arrows at two of the most deserving targets in America right now: our addiction to social media and our willingness to let AI assume command of our lives. Both trends get eviscerated, trashed and stomped on (this is by no means a subtle film) in cathartic ways.
Film
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month agoChildren's social media addictions linked to mental health problems in new study
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US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoIt felt hypocritical': child internet safety campaign accused of censoring teenagers' speeches
The tech-backed charity also edited out references to children feeling unable to stop using TikTok and Snap, social media exacerbating a devastating epidemic of isolation, and a passage questioning why people would want to spend years of their lives scrolling TikTok and binge-watching Netflix, the edits show. The 2026 iteration of the Childnet-run event takes place on Tuesday with more than 2,800 schools and colleges listed as supporters.
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoA New Form of Activism: Getting Off Social Media
Are people turning away from social media? But that tide might be finally, yet slowly, turning. My Gen Z students have recently been the ones telling me about social media "cleanses", whereby they take a break from it all for a prescribed duration, and "grayscaling" their socials (whereby color images turn to black and white, making them less eye-candy-esque-and all around having better cellphone etiquette such as putting it away during class and turning it off at night.
Mental health
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month agoRed flags that you might be hooked on your phone, from an addiction researcher. Here's how 'dopamine fasting' can help.
Excessive social media hijacks the brain's dopamine system, causing compulsive behavior, mood and focus problems, and can be reset with dopamine fasting and digital detox.
fromSan Diego Union-Tribune
1 month agoTikTok settles as social media giants face landmark trial over youth addiction claims
The social video platform was one of three companies - along with Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube - facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children. A fourth company named in the lawsuit, Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., settled the case last week for an undisclosed sum. At the core of the case is a 19-year-old identified only by the initials "KGM," whose case could determine how thousands of other, similar lawsuits against social media companies will play out.
Tech industry
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