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Kill Infinite Scroll: EU Demands Meta Dismantle 'Addictive' Features On Facebook And Instagram
The commission said Meta had failed to properly assess the risks its design features pose to the physical and mental health of users.
Credit Card Rewards Are Addictive; Banks Know It | The Reason Why
From dopamine hits to bank strategy, experts explain why credit card reward programmes can shape spending behaviour.
Indian pharma firms flood west Africa with powerful opioids despite crackdown: AFP investigation
Indian pharmaceutical firms are exporting millions of dollars worth of powerful tapentadol opioids to West Africa, fueling a deadly drugs epidemic, according to an AFP investigation. Researchers found these high-strength pills are being added to the addictive "zombie drug" kush, leading to a surge in overdose deaths and addiction across the region.
Addictive Learning Technology Secures Trademark Registrations for 'ADDICTIVE LEARNING' and 'Brihaspati.AI' - scanx.trade
Addictive Learning Technology Secures Trademark Registrations for 'ADDICTIVE LEARNING' and 'Brihaspati.AI'scanx.trade
TikTok plans second billion-dollar data centre in Finland in move to store European user data locally
The move follows parent company ByteDance successfully averting a US ban in January regarding data security, while European regulators simultaneously intensify scrutiny on social media platforms concerning child safety and addictive algorithmic designs.
Big tobacco whistleblower says Meta, YouTube knowingly designed addictive products for children — ‘They expected to…’
Wigand said his first thought when he learned about the trial in California was that social media companies were using their advertisements to try to get children addicted, much like the big tobacco companies he exposed.