Repost: Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For

Tue Apr 01 2025

Introduction

Meta has recently been fined $375m (opens new window) in relation to "social media addiction." The TechDirt article, Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For (opens new window) explains some of this verdict's flaws and its potential adverse consequences for the open web.

The RollingStone (opens new window) wrote an article along the same veins and Taylor Lorenz did a podcast episode (opens new window) (also available on your usual podcast platforms) that touches on the same points and more.

I can highly recommend going through at least one of these sources.