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Meta and YouTube aren't the only ones who should be worried after landmark social media addiction ruling

Blockbuster social media addiction trial ends with YouTube and Meta declared negligent.

Tom’s Guide

How I cured my phone addiction and got four hours of my life back every day

FIRST PERSON: As Meta is ordered to pay out millions for endangering children on its addictive social media platforms, Victoria Richards realised she was as addicted to screentime as her kids – so she took drastic action

The Independent UK

The growing problem of ‘tech addiction’ spawns a new detox economy

On the iPad at 6, in rehab at 21.

Fortune

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As New Mexico jury finds Meta platforms harm children, social media firms await more legal decisions

The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it’s not looking good for Meta

The Independent UK

Google, Meta Addiction Lawsuit Faces Jury Split After Week of Deliberations

A jury remains divided in a landmark lawsuit against Google and Meta over social media addiction, delaying a verdict that could impact similar cases nationwide.

International Business Times

Meta and YouTube just took a crushing legal blow over tech addiction. At this rehab for addicted teens and adults, it's treated like heroin

A landmark verdict is forcing a legal reckoning over whether tech addiction is real and harmful—even as clients at reSTART describe it as a force that has derailed their lives.

Fortune

The Bold and the Beautiful star reveals seven-year opioid addiction

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General Hospital star opens up about opioid addiction

Soap opera star said the drugs ‘never affected my work’

The Independent UK

How Did Nicholas Brendon Die? Buffy the Vampire Slayer Star's Cause of Death and Health Struggles Revealed

Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon has died aged 54, with his family saying he passed in his sleep of natural causes. The actor's death comes after years of public battles with addiction, legal trouble and serious health problems.

International Business Times UK

Gen Z is Addicted to Social Media? Seniors Are Worse, Study Says

For years, social media addiction has been framed as a “Gen Z problem”- a generation endlessly scrolling through reels, chasing notifications, and living online. But new research is quietly rewriting that narrative. The reality now emerging is both surprising and deeply human: older adults are not just catching up- they…

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Natasha Lyonne is 'back on her feet' after relapse

Orange Is the New Black star Natasha Lyonne has revealed she is "back on her feet" three months after suffering a relapse in her battle to stay sober.

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‘We keep secrets because we’re scared’: Guvna B on porn addiction and recovery

After writing about a racist attack on his last album, the award-winning musician wanted his new work to be happier. Then life took him down a different path. He discusses stigma, shame and how he got help

The Guardian - UK

Police officer made women ‘feel sorry for him’ so they loaned him money – court

Lewis Rollins, 28, is alleged to have used his ‘vile rage’ and threats of suicide to take money from several partners to feed his gambling addiction.

Evening Standard

Opioid addiction almost destroyed me – then I became a top marathon runner

After years of hiding his substance abuse, Ken Rideout finally confessed to his wife. It was the start of a difficult and rewarding journey, which led to athletic success in his 50s

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‘My friends were burning and we couldn’t save them’: Eyewitnesses describe deadly Pakistani attack on Kabul rehab

Witnesses say they saw a military plane circling before huge explosions and fire that burned people in their beds

The Times of India

'Action will follow. Pak's brutality won't go unanswered': Taliban's chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid vowed retaliation after an alleged Pakistani airstrike on Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, which he described as a deliberate attack on civilians. Mujahid stated the attack "will not go unanswered" and accused Pakistan of attempting to shape the narrative, vowing to expose their "brutality" to…

Evening Standard

Amy Winehouse’s ex Blake Fielder-Civil insists he is 'not responsible for her death' in rare interview

The former husband of the Back to Black singer opens up about addiction, media scrutiny and the moment he learned she had died while he was in prison

Times Life

5 Things Lord Shiva Is Said to Take Away Before Blessing a Person

Lord Shiva is not often understood as the god who only gives. In many spiritual traditions, he is also the one who removes. Not gently, not always comfortably, and not in ways the mind immediately welcomes. Shiva is linked with destruction, but not meaningless destruction. What he breaks is often…

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on weight-loss jabs and addiction: there is too much moralising about these remarkable medicines

Editorial: Evidence is piling up that GLP-1 drugs can treat addiction. We must learn from the way that obesity has been stigmatised

The Guardian - US

Former NBA star Chris Washburn reflects on drugs, downfall and second chances

The former No 3 overall NBA draft pick opens up about addiction, homelessness and redemption in a candid memoir revisiting basketball’s cocaine era

The Independent UK

‘What going on 100 dates in a day taught me about my sex and love addiction’

IN FOCUS : Ten years after realising she was a sex and love addict, Harriet Richardson went on 100 dates in a day to learn more about herself. Maja Anushka joined her on a date to find out more

The Guardian - US

‘IG is a drug’: jury to deliberate as US trial over social media addiction wraps up

Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether for attitudes towards social media

The Independent UK

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury will listen to closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms

International Business Times UK

Who Is Sarah Griffin? The Canadian Author Who Fell in Love — and Got Intimate — With Her Irish-Accented AI Companion

Canadian author Sarah Griffin's bond with her AI companion Sinclair is challenging social norms and fuelling debate about AI rights and human-AI relationships.

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Lola Young feared she may have died if she didn’t quit music after addiction-fuelled stage collapse

Opening up about the potentially fatal consequences of her drug addiction, singer Lola Young has said she feared she might have died if she did not step away from music after collapsing on stage during a performance last year.

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