A growing movement claims social media is “addictive,” and lawmakers are treating it as settled science. But the evidence is ...

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language ...

Meta and YouTube Found Liable for ‘Addiction’ Claims, Opening Door to Massive Lawsuits ...

I write quite a lot about the interaction of technology and addiction. Typically, I’m focused on the ways in which technology serves as a driver for addiction. For instance, digital technologies are ...

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Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

Hours after a Los Angeles jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a young user by utilizing addictive features, attorneys involved in the case filed suit against DraftKings and FanDuel and accused the ...

If one accepts proclamations by plaintiffs’ attorneys in today’s consolidated social media addiction cases in Los Angeles, the companies behind online applications such as Instagram (Meta) and YouTube ...

The Director of Treatment at Clínica RECAL discusses technology addiction, an increasingly common and, in many cases, underdiagnosed disorder.

There's new evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can reduce the risk of addiction. A study of more than 600,000 veterans followed for up to three years found that those who started taking a GLP-1 ...