Meta and YouTube Guilty META VERDICT – March 25, 2026 - Meta misled users about the safety of its social apps when it comes to children being targeted by online predators. A day later, a jury in L.A. ruled against Meta and Google’s YouTube ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFacebookinternetMar 31 2026Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionTikTokTrauma
Rehab Facility That Treats Tech Addiction Like Heroin BETTER GET MORE BEDS – Mar. 24, 2026 - At age six, Sarah Hill was handed her first iPad by her parents, which she used to play games like Angry Birds and Minecraft whenever she was bored. By age 21, the Alabama nativ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFacebookinternetinterventionMar 31 2026Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionTikTok
Lawyers Deliver Closing Arguments in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Face BOOKED – Mar. 12, 2026 - After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors are listening to closing arguments before decid... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMar 17 2026Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTok
Lawsuit Says Social Media Giants Knew They Harmed Teen’s Mental Health MAKES MARLBORO LOOK JUDICIOUS – Nov. 26, 2025 - Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway. “IG (Instagram) is a drug ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 02 2025internetMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTok
Bushwick Woman’s Recovery Starts on TikTok AUDIO – MORNING EDITION – July 14, 2025 - Addiction specialists said finding community, even online, is crucial to success. CONTINUE@WNYC ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 22 2025sobrietyTikTok
‘The Social Network’ and Mass Technological Addiction! RIGHT UP YOUR SPECTRUM – April 9, 2024 - The “new thing” is better, of course. Its creators are gods, but few win enough power to play god. “The Social Network” (2010) depicts just that: the beginning of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025cell phoneinternetMental HealthSmartphone AddictionTikTokvideo games
States Sue TikTok For Harming Youth’s Brains GET IN LINE – Oct. 8, 2024 - More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is damaging children’s mental health with a produ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionOct 15 2024teenagersTikTok
1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis iPHONES OR TIKTOK – April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pa... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApril 23 2024Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTokTrauma