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Are we alarmist when it comes to social media?

Are we alarmist when it comes to social media?

Newstalk Weekend · Newstalk

January 25, 202611m 40s

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Show Notes

This week, Snapchat's parent company, Snap, settled a social media addiction case days beforeit was due to go to court. The 19-year-old woman who was the plaintiff in the case alleges that social media platform algorithms left her addicted and affected her mental health. Other defendants in the case, including Instagram parent Meta and ByteDance's TikTok, are still set to go to court. To discuss, Anton is joined by Technology Editor at the Irish Independent and host of the Big Tech show podcast, Adrian Weckler.