Is social media addictive by design and can you beat the algorithm?

Social media features such as infinite scroll and personalised feeds can drive compulsive use. Experts argue that Big Tech ...
Fox Business

Stanford psychiatrist testifies in California trial that social media platforms are designed to be addictive

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

Meta and YouTube head to trial over harm to children after TikTok settles

A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies ...

Meta no longer designs apps to maximize screentime, Zuckerberg says during social media trial

Meta CEO and billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is set to be questioned for the ‌first time in a U.S. court on ...
TechCrunch

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world

She grew up in the One Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still Twitter, a place ...