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TikTok Settles Landmark Addiction Suit with Florida Teen
When we look at the mechanics of addiction, we often focus on physical substances—chemicals that alter brain chemistry and destroy a person's life from the inside out. But according to a major legal breakthrough reported by NBC News, the world is rapidly waking up to a different kind of trap: digital dependency. In a confidential, pre-trial settlement, the social media giant TikTok has agreed to resolve a massive landmark lawsuit brought by a fifteen-year-old Florida teen who accused the platform of intentionally structuring its software to hook children, driving them into severe clinical…
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