addiction
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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
That behaviour addiction was observed by one mother, who told BBC News NI ofhow her daughter, now 15, developed an "obsession" with her smartphone and social media.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 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
Its committees have grappled with the question of technology addiction but haven’t made it an official diagnosis.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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