{"title":"States' lawsuits against TikTok speak to addiction-like effects","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/adaw.334287","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Language in a new series of state government lawsuits against the owners of social media app TikTok strongly resembles recent warnings from federal leaders about the dangers of social media, from addiction-like changes in the brains of young users to a lack of transparency from technology companies that has impeded a greater understanding of social media's impact.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"36 40","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.334287","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Language in a new series of state government lawsuits against the owners of social media app TikTok strongly resembles recent warnings from federal leaders about the dangers of social media, from addiction-like changes in the brains of young users to a lack of transparency from technology companies that has impeded a greater understanding of social media's impact.