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azurestarboi.bsky.social
Spoil my addiction!

Se quiserem me ajudar a bater a meta da câmera nova e ver meu leite em high-def mais rápido, meu Throne tá na bio! Me manda um "Ignition" pra eu saber se você tá com tesão mesmo e começar o ano bem.
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
hell.hyenas.top
// meta, interaction reminder

repost this if you could handle suddenly getting 800 likes on your tiny writing account without instantly falling into an addiction loop that leaves you shamelessly clamoring for attention and validation, thus corrupting your artistic process

or if you like eating ass
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
resistrebelrevolt.net
I agree. Most SM algorithms were engineered for addiction.

But they didn't behave that way at the beginning. Bluesky is much more like the beginning.

And we should be grateful for that.

Meta is an obscene roller coaster. Reinforcing dependency & addiction on purpose.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
alphaskeptic.bsky.social
I've been watching $META; Meta feels like gallery hype-glossy AI demos mask ad rot, teen pullback and looming regulator suits. As a quantatative sceptic I question ad efficency. https://www.mlex.com/articles/2425569/us-children-sue-meta-google-snap-tiktok-in-addiction-litigation
December 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
alphaskeptic.bsky.social
I've been watching Meta; $META feels like art-world hype - glossy AI demos mask ad rot, regulator & litigation risk, and teen disengagement. I'm a quantatative sceptic. https://www.mlex.com/articles/2425569/us-children-sue-meta-google-snap-tiktok-in-addiction-litigation
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ongs-hat.com
Also, from last year or so,

Chameleo: A Strange but True Story of Invisible Spies, Heroin Addiction, and Homeland Security
By: Robert Guffey

which I originally, wrongly assumed was a well researched meta-fiction but I've been told was not intended as such.
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
christopherterry.bsky.social
29 State AGs Want Unified Meta Youth Addiction Trial www.law360.com/illinois/art...
29 State AGs Want Unified Meta Youth Addiction Trial - Law360
A group of 29 states and their attorneys general is doubling down on a request in California federal court to hold a single, unified trial in their suit claiming Meta Platforms Inc. is designed to add...
www.law360.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
feudaldozing.bsky.social
Only gonna get worse with AI slop.
Twitter going nazi and also seeing a degradation in its product has showed me that social media addiction is really powerful, so Meta is gonna get a lot of money out of AI I think. Investing in it feels icky though
December 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
illegalnetwork.bsky.social
29 State AGs Want Unified Meta Youth Addiction Trial
29 State AGs Want Unified Meta Youth Addiction Trial - Law360
A group of 29 states and their attorneys general is doubling down on a request in California federal court to hold a single, unified trial in their suit claiming Meta Platforms Inc. is designed to addict...
www.law360.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
gail21.bsky.social
It’s a social media addiction I think, not willing to give it up. I will close my account in a heartbeat before I give them personal details.
Meta is just the first one to come to mind… there are so many others.
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
hypersprite.com
If you still use Meta products, just admit you have an self harming addiction.
vetsfighfascist.bsky.social Veteran Fighting Fascist @vetsfighfascist.bsky.social · 21d
I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
lrosenthal.bsky.social
Ok.. but really? THIS IS A REAL promotional image on Amazon for the BREAKING BAD Legoesque Meth cooking Camper. $34.95 no kidding. Now i get Lego toys for Adults...BUT seriously?;) Marcom folks in 2025 . No wonder Meta sells VIrtual Drug Addiction to kids for Billions$...
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
viralpique.bsky.social
A Massachusetts court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit alleging that apps designed by Meta are addictive in children

💥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: mental health,Meta,screen addiction,screentime ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts'…
A Massachusetts court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit alleging that apps designed by Meta are addictive in children
💥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: mental health,Meta,screen addiction,screentime ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit alleging that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive for young users. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Andrea Campbell in 2024, alleges that Meta did so to make a profit and that its actions affected hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts teens who use social media platforms.
viralpique.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
hovmann.com
Massachusetts in lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.
“We are making claims based on the tools that Meta has developed because its own research shows they encourage addiction to the platform,” said State Solicitor David Kravitz
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
miasato.bsky.social
We're in an era where "social" feeds largely function not as a way to connect with humans, but a place to find commerce-related content. Pew found that 62 percent of adults on TikTok are there to find product recommendations or reviews. Even "educational" content tends to morph into a commercial
Commerce has long been central to social media; as long as ads keep the lights on at Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, we will all be pressured to buy, buy, buy. Instagram was a mall even before #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt and Pinterest became an “AI-enabled shopping assistant.” The influencer industry — which Goldman Sachs has predicted will grow to nearly half a trillion dollars by 2027 — has snowballed into a possible side hustle for anyone with access to a phone. There’s a handful of MrBeasts and Alix Earles at the top and an untold number of micro-influencers hawking goods and services at the bottom. For audiences, it means we have spent the better part of a decade living within a 24/7 digital infomercial, with social media — sponsored content and organic posts alike — resembling not much more than a buying guide, a catalog of unabashed and conspicuous consumption. Some audience members find themselves in deep debt or describe their behavior as a full-blown shopping addiction; others have developed careful strategies in an effort to limit their consumption. We have never been so aware of all the things there are to purchase, and the frictionlessness of shopping apps disguised as social media has created an army of voracious buyers. What has this abundance done to us? Social media isn’t just filled with ideas for things to buy — increasingly, there are moments where reactionary anti-consumer trends bubble up, too. Project Pan has been around for years but had a resurgence earlier in 2025; “loud budgeting” emerged as a foil to the so-called quiet luxury trend; and the act of owning a normal amount of things (one fancy water bottle, clothes that are several years old) has been rebranded as “underconsumption core.” For a second it seemed like “de-influencing” had some legs — until inevitably the de-influencers started promoting other things to buy instead. Even the mechanisms for buying less can prompt people into shopping more. When there is shopping fatigue, things eventually swing back. Duffy says creators often describe how TikTok rewards educational content, but that even that genre has consumption at its center. “There’s always been advertising packaged as advice,” Duffy says, pointing back to things like women’s magazines. “But in the context of TikTok, you had so many people that were sharing their tips and tricks on life with consumer purchases at the center.”
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
techinsights.bsky.social
Meta faces a youth addiction lawsuit in MA & a potential $32.8M USD fine in Australia for its platform designs. Read the full analysis of this global regulatory crackdown in the comments.
https://biggo.com/news/202512081422_Meta-Legal-Challenges-Massachusetts-Australia

#Meta #SocialMediaRegulation
Meta Faces Legal Fire on Two Fronts: Massachusetts Court Hears Addiction Lawsuit as Australia's Social Media Ban Looms
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
pqpolitics.bsky.social
Media not covering enough bcndp's latest involuntary treatment is a red herring to distract public that #bcndp refuses to properly fund:

1. Prevention like #MandatoryCMECoursesOnADHD for ALL BC doctors

20-40%+ of SUD have ADHD, but ADHD diagnosis & ADHD meds reduce SUD

2 Vol treatment
#bcpoli
RED HERRING AWARD A red herring is a clue or piece of information which is intended to be misleading, or distracting from the actual issue SUDs in Adolescents with ADHD Substance Use Disorders, Addictions 100 P<0.001 80 75% 60 40 25% 18% 0 Nonmedicated ADHD (N=19) Biederman et al. Pedietrics 1999:104:e20. Medicated ADHD (N=56) Non-ADHD Control (N=137) htts://addcoach4u.com/adhd-medication-articles/ Does Stimulant Medication Cause Addiction? Explains what the title says. One day we'll see articles saying things like does not taking ADHD medication increase the chance of your son or daughter or adult child instead self-medicating with booze, tobacco and illegal drugs to get the dopamine from them they'd otherwise get with ADHD medications? Children on Methylphenidate Less Likely to Abuse Drugs, Study. "Pre-teens who have been treated with methylphenidate may develop an aversion to abusable drugs, according to a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School. The Harvard study also rebuts arguments that treating children with stimulants such as Ritalin, Concerta or other medications containing methylphenidate may lead to later substance abuse." Does Stimulant Therapy of ADHD Beget Later Substance Abuse? A Meta-analytic Review of the Literature. By the Clinical Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Pediatrics. Conclusion? No. They found it actually reduced the risk of later substance abuse. Involuntary Care Already Exists in BC, But Is It Working? VANCOUVER, BC – (September 18, 2024): On September 15, 2024, Premier Eby announced that his government is expanding involuntary care for people with brain injury, mental illness, and severe addiction. Included in this announcement are the addition of more than 400 hospital-based mental health beds and two new secure care facilities – one for those involved in the criminal justice system and another for those apprehended under the Mental Health Act, also located on the grounds of a correctional facility. Other than adding more psychiatric beds and creating specific facilities, the announcement earlier this week regarding involuntary care doubles down on an existing approach to involuntary care by the Government of BC, where significant legal powers already exist under the Mental Health Act. There are around 30,000 Mental Health Act apprehensions of around 20,000 individuals each year in BC, which is the highest rate of all provinces in Canada.[1] Over the last two decades, there has been a dramatic increase in reliance on involuntary services, while voluntary services have not kept up with demand.[2] Despite historic investments by the Government of BC in the last number of years, we know that barriers remain to on-demand voluntary care for both mental health and substance use services. People with substance use disorder are the fastest growing population being detained under BC’s Mental Health Act, yet this is not commonly known.[3] This fact, along with the recent announcement, is concerning to CMHA BC, knowing that there is a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of involuntary treatment for people with substance use disorder, and that existing evidence actually suggests that involuntary treatment leads to an increased risk of death due to drug poisoning upon release.[4,5] The reality is that we are already relying heavily on involuntary care without really examining whether it is effective. Th…
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
pqpolitics.bsky.social
Thanks. Good piece. Too bad no mention of BC govt refusal to follow 2nd of Vancouver 4 pillar drug policy, prevention.

20-40%+ of people with SUD have ADHD

27% of homeless people

21-45% of prisoners

A nightmare to get a competent diagnosis of ADHD in BC
IF diagnosed & medicated? Reduces SUD
City of Vancouver's Four Pillars drug strategy https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/four-pillars-drug-strategy.aspx About the four pillars approach The four pillars approach to drug addiction was first implemented in Europe in the 1990s, and is based on four principals: • Harm reduction 20-40%+ of substance users have ADHD. • Prevention Only 5% of adults have ADHD • Treatraent Demand ALL BC doctors have • Enforcement Mandatory CME Courses on ADHD https://addcoach4u.com/adhd-addictions-articles/ Successfully used in such cities as Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, and Sydney, this four pillars approach has resulted in a: • Dramatic reduction in the number of drug users consuming drugs on the street • Significant drop in overdose deaths • Reduction in the infection rates for HIV and hepatitis. SUDs in Adolescents with ADHD Substance Use Disorders, Addictions 100 P<0.001 80 75% 60 40 25% 18% 0 Nonmedicated ADHD (N=19) Medicated ADHD (N=56) Non-ADHD Control (N=137) Biederman et al. Pediatrics 1999;104:e20. 44% of Teens in Crack Cocaine Detoxification Centre had ADHD Crack Cocaine Use in Adolescents: Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Early Initiation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27574840/ Does Stimulant Medication Cause Addiction? Explains what the title says. One day we'll see articles saying things like does not taking ADHD medication increase the chance of your son or daughter or adult child instead self-medicating with booze, tobacco and illegal drugs to get the dopamine from them they'd otherwise get with ADHD medications? Children on Methylphenidate Less Likely to Abuse Drugs, Study. "Pre-teens who have been treated with methylphenidate may develop an aversion to abusable drugs, according to a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School. The Harvard study also rebuts arguments that treating children with stimulants such as Ritalin, Concerta or other medications containing methylphenidate may lead to later substance abuse." Does Stimulant Therapy of ADHD Beget Later Substance Abuse? A Meta-analytic Review of the Literature. By the Clinical Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Pediatrics. Conclusion? No. They found it actually reduced the risk of later substance abuse.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
bloomberglaw.com
Meta Platforms’ claim to blanket immunity from youth addiction litigation landed with little traction before Massachusetts’ top appeals court.
Meta’s Litigation Shield Under Fire in Massachusetts Court
Meta Platforms’ claim to blanket immunity from youth addiction litigation landed with little traction before Massachusetts’ top appeals court, with justices pressing the Instagram parent on how its features qualify as protectable publishing activity.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
blakestacey.myatproto.social
MA makes a big deal about not trying to hold Meta liable for "the content of the content". I think @thefireorg.bsky.social is correct in saying that in fact, they are doing that.
As if to prove the point, the Commonwealth asserts that addiction to Instagram harms youth by, among other things, inducing “negative social comparison.” Compl. ¶ 201. But “social comparison” is the result of specific types of content users post and encounter. It requires content—such as pictures of activities, vacations, parties, or “selfies”—that allows a user to compare themselves with others. Excerpted from https://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/pdf/SJC-13747/SJC-13747_21_Amicus_Foundation_for_Individual_Rights_and_Expression_Brief.pdf
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
vitaminrush.bsky.social
Meta’s Legal Shield Meets Pivotal Test in Teen Addiction Case

https://www.vitaminrush.com/276426/metas-legal-shield-meets-pivotal-test-in-teen-addiction-case/

Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts justices …
Meta’s Legal Shield Meets Pivotal Test in Teen Addiction Case
Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts justices consider whether the social media industry’s bedrock defense applies to Instagram’s design. In oral argument Friday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to sort out competing views on the reach of a litigation shield Congress created for internet companies in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, providing a crucial appellate review of the law’s application to social media addiction claims that threaten tens of billions of dollars in damages to Meta alone. A ruling shrinking the reach of
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December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
bloomberglaw.com
Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts justices consider whether the social media industry’s bedrock defense applies to Instagram’s design.
Meta’s Legal Shield Meets Pivotal Test in Teen Addiction Case
Meta Platforms’ immunity claim in social media addiction cases hits its first state supreme court this week, as Massachusetts justices consider whether the social media industry’s bedrock defense applies to Instagram’s design.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
jamesdavidson.bsky.social
How do you break addiction? We're all addicted to the audience size and reach available through Meta platforms. But to break addiction without a true willingness to do the work to change... you have to take the cause away completely, or regulate it harshly.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
bohemiantragedy999.bsky.social
My take on the whole Reze porn actress thing is that I kind of hope that it is true, because it would add a level of meta comedy that Fujimoto writes a story about a guy having to deal with his crippling sex addiction and then basing one of his love interests off a porn actress he once saw.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
jodyhighrola.bsky.social
Delete all of the enshittified platforms. The excuses people make for keeping Meta products and TikTok make people sound like they’re kicking a meth addiction. You’re the product.
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Nov 24
Delete your Twitter account. That platform is built for right wing propaganda and harassment and that's it.
cwarzel.bsky.social Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Nov 24
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM