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Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority" (techoversight.org)
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Microsite Highlighting Evidence from the Landmark Social Media Addiction Trials.

New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It’s the same model as religion and cigarettes: Get ‘em hooked young and you have a customer for as long as they live.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

This explains so much! So THAT'S why I masturbate! I was addicted as a teenager, and I guess I'm going to be addicted for life.