Nevada can proceed with a lawsuit alleging that TikTok's design features, such as videos that play automatically, injure young users by addicting them to the service, the state's highest court has ...

Recreational cannabis isn't legal in Texas, but with more than 7,000 registered hemp shops in business, Texans are consuming it. Despite efforts by the state to reform certain THC laws, the drug is ...

Attorney General Kris Kobach alleges Snapchat is unsafe for children despite marketing claims. Lawsuit says app’s addictive design exploits young users and worsens mental health risks. Kansas cites ...

I have a forthcoming article with this title in an Emory Law Journal symposium issue, so I thought I'd serialize it here; there's plenty of time to improve it, so I'd love to hear people's feedback.

A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel said tech companies failed to prove that most of the law's restrictions on social media features aimed at kids are unlawful. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

Sept 9 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court largely upheld a California law on Tuesday making it illegal, absent parental permission, for social media companies to provide children with "addictive ...

The lawsuits claim that TikTok profits off of algorithms that addict young people to the platform. Justice Barrett weighs in on Trump third-term talk Ukraine drone hits Black Sea Russian city of Sochi ...

Mounting evidence shows ultra-processed foods may trigger addictive behaviors similar to drugs and alcohol. PET scans alone may underestimate the compulsive and reward-driven impact of these foods.

Devotees of TikTok monitor voting at the Capitol in Washington, as the House passed a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban of the popular video app if its China-based owner doesn't sell, Wednesday ...

This investigation exposes how infinite scroll and algorithmic feeds are engineered to hijack our attention. The addictive design of modern apps exploits psychology, creating endless loops that rewire ...