A U.S. jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The following experts are available to media for comment on the decision and its implications, and the science behind social media’s addictiveness.
Emma Duerden
Associate Professor, Education
- Screen time and mental health
- Cognition and behaviour
- Social media and child development
Kaitlynn Mendes
Professor, Sociology
- Social media and online harms
- Tech-facilitated sexual violence
- Youth online violence
Luke Stark
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies
- Historical, social, and ethical impacts of social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies
- Technologies meditating social and emotional expression
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