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NY Orders Apps To Lie About Social Media ‘Addiction,’ Will Lose In Court

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/05/ny-orders-apps-to-lie-about-social-media-addiction-will-lose-in-court/

NY Orders Apps To Lie About Social Media ‘Addiction,’ Will Lose In Court

New York Governor Kathy Hochul just signed a law that’s going to get expensive fast. The state’s new social media labeling requirement—S4505, courtesy of state Senator Andrew Gounardes—forces…

Techdirt

NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds Dec 27

TikTok didn’t break the timeline. It broke our sense of time.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/12/tiktok-time-perception/

LB Thomas 💎🏳️‍🌈Dec 21

The irony of posting this on the Fediverse is not lost on me. 😉

I usually like to take a few weeks off a each year at least. But, a less distracting internet (and cell phone) would be a good thing.

It's a shame our monkey brains won't buy it, and make it a viable option, when we have all that temptation.

Guest Essay
"What Happened When My Yale Students Gave Up Their Phones for Four Weeks"

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/tech-free-college-spaces.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U8.4yw9.eYxnMuL4NekO&smid=url-share

Opinion | College Students Need Tech-Free Spaces

Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.

The New York Times

The Urban Herald Dec 12

Australia banned social media for under-16s. Not because of moral panic, but because the science is settled: adolescent brains can't defend against algorithms engineered to exploit them. Depression up 50% since 2010. This is our generation's seatbelt law.
https://theurb.co/social-media-ban-teens

#SocialMediaBan #TeenMentalHealth #YouthProtection #DigitalWellbeing #MentalHealthAwareness #ScreenTime #TechRegulation #ChildDevelopment #SocialMediaAddiction #SocialMedia #MentalHealth #Tech #Australia

A child’s place is not on social media: Why the world must adopt the social media ban for under-16s - The Urban Herald

On Dec 10, 2025, Australia enforced a comprehensive social media ban for under-16s. Discover the science, evidence, and global implications of this historic move.

The Urban Herald

Dominus Markham Dec 10

https://dominusmarkham.com/the-tyranny-of-everything-why-focus-might-save-us-all/

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The Tyranny of Everything: Why Focus Might Save Us All - Dominus Owen Markham

I'm writing this with seventeen browser tabs open, three unread notifications on my phone, and the distinct feeling that I've forgotten something important. Which is to say: I'm writing this as a deeply compromised human being in 2025, exactly like you. We're all drowning in the same ocean of distraction,…

Dominus Owen Markham

Luminex Nov 28

Social Media usage is decreasing ^^
https://theprint.in/feature/what-is-posting-zero-the-internet-generation-is-growing-tired-of-social-media/2790859/
#PostingZero #GoodNews #SocialMedia #SocialMediaAddiction #Enshittification

What is 'Posting Zero'? The internet generation is growing tired of social media

Coined by The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka in his weekly column Infinite scroll, Posting Zero refers to daily life updates by an average online user becoming rarer.

ThePrint

Luminex Nov 28

I have hearing a lot recently that social media usage has been dropping recently. If that's really true then this is surely a great thing in my opinion!

#SocialMedia #SocialMediaAddiction

AusSMC Nov 28

🤳 Excessive social media use may be driven by habit rather than genuine addiction, according to international research, which found that Instagram users tend to overestimate the extent to which they are addicted and this may be driven by news media mislabelling frequent social media use as an addiction

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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/youre-probably-less-addicted-to-instagram-then-you-think

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