The 'complaint' lays out five features claimed to be “harmful and psychologically manipulative” because they “induce young users’ compulsive and extended” use of Instagram.
Some strong words, but I see their point. The use of social media and being glued to your phone is higher than its ever been before I believe.
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Its no question that they prioritize addictive behavior. I mean how many times have we seen Facebook/Meta get caught red handed promoting controversy.
Cambridge Analytica has entered the chat
But seriously,
It's almost domain knowledge at this point that social media needs to be in the hands of people who are aware enough to understand that it can be extremely addictive. There has been a huge emerging market of apps, sites, products, that throttle your daily use of such sites.