addiction

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The Facebook owner has recently lost two large-scale lawsuits, including a landmark trial in California in which a young woman successfully sued Meta and YouTube over her childhood addiction to social media.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Last month, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable over a young woman’s claims that her addiction to social media caused a host of mental-health struggles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

These medications have reshaped how obesity and the overweight are treated and opened the door to a new scientific field that’s assessing GLP-1s for everything from osteoarthritis to alcohol addiction.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

And last week, Meta and Alphabet lost a landmark social-media addiction trial that could foreshadow more lawsuits.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s not the same thing as religion being true—that is a different question—but more speaks to the value of providing something people truly believe, at least in the case of addiction.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel