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“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial (arstechnica.com)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Except the propaganda mostly isn't what the "social media addiction" folks are worrying about.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago

The "social media is a drug" people are interested in using this pseudo-science to promote more of their propaganda and eliminate counter-narratives.

TikTok? Anybody remember what happened there? Exactly this.

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