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A family has sued Meta, blaming 'addictive' Instagram for daughter's eating disorder and self-harm
"The more Alexis accessed and used the Instagram social media product, the worse her mental and phy…
Waiyee Yip
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A woman who stopped using all social media to seek out real connections shares how she did it
"The whole point of it for me is to show that no, we don't need it," Xandra Robinson-Burns said abo…
Alyse Kalish
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Mark Zuckerberg is arguing he can't be held liable for kids' Instagram addiction just because he's the boss. He may be right.
Mark Zuckerberg says he can't be held personally liable in lawsuits alleging harm to kids with soci…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A California bill could allow parents to sue social-media companies for up to $25,000 if their children become addicted to the platforms
The bill's co-sponsor and author, state Assembly member Jordan Cunningham, said it aims to stop chi…
Beatrice Nolan
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She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction.
Cindi White spent more than $25,000 on TikTok Influencers. TikTok's Live Matches have a dark side.
Jessica Lucas
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Chrissy Teigen is back on Twitter, proving how difficult it is to quit the platform
Chrissy Teigen quit Twitter in March. Her return is a signal of how difficult it is for moguls and …
Avery Hartmans
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Threads isn't a social media app. It's a shopping mall designed to sell you useless crap.
Don't put your hopes in Threads. It will never replace Twitter because it fails to capture what mad…
Paris Marx
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Want to break your addiction to your phone? It's too late.
From concert tickets to hotel reservations, everything requires an app download, making it nearly i…
Paris Marx
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Connecticut mother sues Meta and Snap, alleging they contributed to suicide of 11-year-old daughter who had 'extreme addiction' to social media
In the suit, Tammy Rodriguez claims her 11-year-old daughter Selena developed an "extreme addiction…
Sarah Jackson
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I ditched my iPhone and used a 'dumb' phone to fight my tech addiction. Here's what I learned after 2 weeks of staying offline.
Despite loving the idea of the Light Phone 2, Jenni Gritters struggled to send basic texts and coul…
Jenni Gritters
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Scarlett Johansson says her 'ego is too fragile' to be on social media: 'I'm like a delicate flower'
Johansson said on "The Skinny Confidential Him & Her" podcast that she's "too fragile" to deal with…
Eve Crosbie
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Martha Stewart says she's 'addicted to snowplowing'
Martha Stewart said she spent three hours plowing snow but the truck wasn't heated so she was "almo…
Debanjali Bose
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TikTok served hundreds of explicit videos on drug addiction and sex fetishes to accounts registered to users as young as 13 years old, report says
A TikTok spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that the app doesn't differentiate between video…
Grace Kay
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I've steered clear of TikTok so I can avoid yet another addictive app on my phone, but Instagram's TikTok copycat sucked me in instead
I've become obsessed with Instagram Reels, which proves that Instagram's TikTok copycat is doing it…
Katie Canales
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11 things you can do to stop being manipulated by your phone, according to the tech experts on Netflix's 'The Social Dilemma'
A new Netflix documentary paints an alarming and sobering picture of the extent of that addiction a…
Katie Canales
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George Santos apologized to a GOP representative after smearing him over his son's drug addiction: 'I am embarrassed and deeply sorry'
"I've always held the standard that our families are off limits and I crossed that line," Santos wr…
Madison Hall
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China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising 'internet addiction'
The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children's smartphone usa…
Pete Syme
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I turn off my phone for 24 hours every week. Here's why I value it even more now during the pandemic
This Insider reporter appreciates the break from social media and the news even more now during the…
Talia Lakritz
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Facebook's big changes could mean the end of the old social network era: Here's how we're all in a TikTok world now
Facebook announced a major redesign last week that will make its main tab an algorithm-based endles…
Travis Clark
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How to break social media addiction, or spend less time online
If you need to break a social media addiction, or spend less time checking your phone, it's importa…