US EditionInstagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media
Adam Mosseri testified distinguishing clinical addiction from problematic use, noting Instagram's efforts to enhance safety amid claims of harmful design targeting young users.
- On Wednesday in Los Angeles, Adam Mosseri, head of Meta's Instagram, testified he disagrees people can be clinically addicted to social media and defined `problematic use` as spending more time than they feel good about.
- Plaintiffs argue addiction and platform harms drove the suits, citing a researchers' report last year and the Los Angeles case centers on 20-year-old KGM, plaintiff, chosen for bellwether trials.
- Mark Lanier, plaintiffs' lawyer, pressed Mosseri on cosmetic filters accused of promoting plastic surgery while bereaved parents appeared upset and the judge warned the public not to react; Meta shut down all third-party augmented reality filters in January 2025.
- Mosseri insisted the company balances safety and limited censorship while facing ongoing legal trials, including one that began this week in New Mexico, with Meta and YouTube as defendants.
- In recent years Instagram added features to improve safety for young people, but plaintiffs introduced Mosseri's podcast a few years ago and his caution about someone close to Mosseri's clinical addiction.
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Instagram Chief Testifies that 'Problematic' Usage of Social Media Differs from 'Clinical Addiction'
Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday that while "problematic" social media usage exists, he does not believe it constitutes clinical addiction. The post Instagram Chief Testifies that ‘Problematic’ Usage of Social Media Differs from ‘Clinical Addiction’ appeared first on Breitbart.
Instagram Addiction Doesn’t Exist, According to App’s Top Executive
LOS ANGELES—When asked whether he believes there is such a thing as being addicted to Instagram, the social media platform’s top executive, Adam Mosseri—testifying as an adverse witness for the prosecution on Day 3 of a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court—said simply that he does not. “I think it’s important to differentiate between clinical addiction and ‘problematic use,’” Mosseri said Wednesday, defining the latter term as someo…
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri rejected Wednesday's notion of a "clinical addiction" to social media and instead spoke of "problem use" during the historic trial against Google and Meta, which seeks to determine whether platforms were designed to generate addiction in minors.Read more
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Great Yorkshire RadioInstagram use can be 'problematic' but not addictive, says app's chief
Adam Mosseri was testifying in a landmark LA trial - where social media giants are accused of causing harm - brought by a woman who spent 16 hours day on his app.
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