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Is Social Media Addictive? How It Keeps You Clicking and the Harms It Can Cause

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For years, big tech companies have placed the burden of managing screen time squarely on individuals and parents, operating on the assumption that capturing human attention is fair game. But the social media sands may slowly be shifting. A test-case jury trial in Los Angeles is accusing big tech companies of creating “addiction machines”. While TikTok and Snapchat have already settled with the 20-year-old plaintiff, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, …

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A lawsuit is underway in Los Angeles against tech giants accused of deliberately making children's brains addicted to social media.

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In a first U.S. trial of this kind in the U.S., jury members have to decide whether social media platforms have been designed to make addictive. The plaintiff sees her childhood ruined.

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In a first U.S. trial of this kind in the U.S., jury members have to decide whether social media platforms have been designed to make addictive. The plaintiff sees her childhood ruined.

In a first process of this kind in the US, jury members have to decide whether social media platforms have been designed to make addictive. The plaintiff sees her childhood ruined. The post What social media is at stake in the US addiction process first appeared on sales economics.

In a first U.S. trial of this kind in the U.S., jury members have to decide whether social media platforms have been designed to make addictive. The plaintiff sees her childhood ruined.

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The Conversation broke the news in on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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