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

Do you doomscroll? If so, you’re not alone. One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media feeds—and millennials and Gen ...

A landmark trial found social media companies liable for designing addictive products. Nicola J Kalk and Ben Carter look at ...

As the House of Lords reiterated its backing for a ban on social media use by under-16s on Wednesday, and a landmark US case concluded that a 20-year-old plaintiff should be awarded £4.4 million in ...

Algorithms. Beauty filters. Endless scrolling. The case over “social media addiction” against Meta and Google in a California courtroom ultimately came down to these elements, legal experts say, and ...

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause ...

In a landmark case against social media companies Meta and Google, a Los Angeles jury granted a woman $6 million in a verdict announced Wednesday. The plaintiff claimed that platform design features ...

In February, a landmark case against the world’s largest social media companies began in California and attracted a lion’s share of press coverage. Speaking for the plaintiffs, lawyer Mark Lanier ...

On March 25, a California trial awarded $6 million to a plaintiff who argued that the addictive qualities of social media had caused her harm. Google and Meta, which were the companies that were found ...

Two court verdicts this week spotlight the risks for teens from using social media — focusing on not just the content but the design of the platforms. On Wednesday a California jury held Google and ...

Almost Anything can be addictive. Playing pool, watching TV or gambling. Chewing gum. It won't matter how much adjustment is made by creators of 'web pages'; we will always have some portion of the ...

Two recent jury verdicts have cast a harsh light on social media. A New Mexico jury found Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, negligent for misleading users about the safety of its platforms. A day ...