Big tech companies argue their platforms are communication tools not traps, and that addiction is a mischaracterisation of high engagement.

Earlier this year, researchers at UNC’s Winston Center for Technology and Developing Minds established a new initiative to investigate how technology is “rewiring” the brains of developing youth ...

Using this many devices at once doesn’t mean a person is addicted to technology. Pressmaster/Shutterstock.com I am a psychologist who has worked with teens and ...

Mosseri hit back against suggestions that Instagram and other social media platforms were damaging for the mental health of minors.

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Stanford expert testifies Meta's social media features are addictive like a "drug," especially for youth, in New Mexico lawsuit against the tech giant.

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri told a US court that social media can be overused but should not be confused with clinical addiction, comparing Instagram habits to binge-watching Netflix as Meta defends ...

Adam Mosseri, who leads the Meta-owned app, testified that the company was careful to test features used by young people before releasing them.

One of the things that Wade L. Robinson discusses in his book, Engineering Ethics, is the importance of avoiding “error-provocative” designs, in which the technological artifact not only allows for ...

My main point here is that people are not making the choice for better health because of the addictive features built into the technology. Rather than simply blaming the end-user, we should hold the ...