US EditionThe ‘Social Media Addiction’ Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself
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The ‘Social Media Addiction’ Narrative May Be More Harmful Than Social Media Itself
This week, a major trial kicked off in Los Angeles in which hundreds of families sued Meta, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube, accusing the companies of intentionally designing their products to be addictive (though Snap and TikTok both settled on the eve of the trial) . From the Guardian: For the first time, a huge group…
TikTok concludes an agreement just before the start of the trial for addiction to social networks, TikTok being one of four companies accused of fuelling mental health problems among young TikTok concluded an agreement just before the start of the trial for addiction to social networks. TikTok agreed to settle a historic lawsuit on addiction to social networks, according to one of the plaintiffs' lawyers, the same day the trial was to start agai…
ByteDance has chosen to release the cheque book in extremis in order to avoid a judicial confrontation in the United States in connection with addiction to social media. TikTok's mother house has entered into a confidential agreement to end the prosecution of a family accused of having made their child sick via the Internet. ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPh…
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