Personal Digest: Jury Holds Meta Liable for Addictive Design
Welcome to Matters.com™ beta. A new social platform to share what matters. More information? Click here.
A jury found Meta liable for designing addictive features — A jury concluded that Instagram and Facebook were intentionally designed with addictive features, triggering appeals and renewed legal scrutiny of tech product design.
 | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)New devices and nerve blocks broaden the PTSD toolkit Neuromodulator (bioworld.com) · Nerve block (wfmj.com) · Hunting (cowboystatedaily.com) |
| AddictionPlatforms, pills and pitches: addiction shows up everywhere Social Media (sjvsun.com) · Opioid (medicaleconomics.com) · Gambling (nbcphiladelphia.com) |
 | RefugeesBorders, pushbacks and pathways: refugees face violence and education options |
 | Mental HealthBed shortages, kids in lockup and new tech for old problems Psychiatric Hospital (washingtonpost.com) · Psychedelic therapy (healthandme.com) · School Counselor (mediaselangor.com) |
 | DogsDogs, danger and dysfunctional police encounters Service Dog (fox5atlanta.com) · Vehicle safety (nbcboston.com) · law enforcement (police1.com) |
 | NASAMoon rockets, rovers and melting permafrost — NASA spins many plates Space Launch System (SLS) (space.com) · Artemis program (floridatoday.com) · Lunar base (sciencedaily.com) |
 | SportsNordic combined booted from 2030 Olympics — Colorado sighs |
 | BookAnother Stephen King title banned and a contrarian U.S. history Stephen King (sltrib.com) · Censorship (kpcw.org) · History of the United States (steveahlquist.substack.com) |
 | PoliticsSuccession, security and a very political dead-man’s switch United States Senate (pbs.org) · Redistricting in the United States (1819news.com) · Judiciary (spectrumlocalnews.com) |
 | Narcissistic abusePolice told to strip officers with domestic-abuse records from duty |
 | Addiction psychologyPrevention tools and blind spots: vaccines, hotlines, phones Vaccine (psypost.org) · Crisis Hotline (eurekalert.org) · Smartphones (msn.com) |
 | PTSDChildbirth and community fundraisers reshape the PTSD conversation Childbirth (thetimes.com) · Military (tahoedailytribune.com) |
 | Alcohol and sexual assaultCampus horror: alleged assault at Menlo raises alarm bells |
 | Ukraine CrisisDrone strikes bite at Russia’s fuel lifelines as Kyiv reshuffles leadership Petroleum (ubn.news) · Energy Crunch (dw.com) · Government reshuffle (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) |
 | Refugees in EuropeEU tightens tilt: military-age Ukrainians face new asylum hurdles |
 | Campus sexual assaultNotre Dame residence hall rector placed on leave amid probe |
 | Career burnoutBurnout goes systemic — from hospitals to pro bikes Healthcare worker (businesswire.com) · professional sports (escapecollective.com) · Remote work (boldjourney.com) |
 | Rape and sexual assaultAccountability strains: judges, fighters and therapists in the dock Acting (aol.com) · Mixed martial arts (nytimes.com) · Judiciary (irishlegal.com) |
 | Addiction psychiatryInvestment eyes AUD: Solvonis draws U.S. research coverage |
 | Burnout (psychology)Burnout hides in classrooms and high achievers — the body gives hints Education (m.economictimes.com) · Adolescence (ecoportal.net) · Depression (mood) (msn.com) |