Instagram chief says he doesn’t believe users can get clinically addicted to social media

[HikerGuy83]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/instagram-chief-says-he-doesnt-believe-users-can-get-clinically-addicted-to-social-media-6a13aec9?mod=home_lead

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social-media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social-media platforms.

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It's not an idea Mr. Mosseri, it's a fact.

This is an example of truly selling your soul for the dollar.

Drawing and quartering would be too good for this guy.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Mosseri, who's headed Instagram since 2018 said it’s important to differentiate between clinical addiction and what he called problematic use. The plaintiff's lawyer, however, presented quotes directly from Mosseri in a podcast interview a few years ago where he used the term addiction in relation to social media use, but he clarified that he was probably using the term "too casually,” as people tend to do.

Mosseri said he was not claiming to be a medical expert when questioned about his qualifications to comment on the legitimacy of social media addiction, but said someone “very close” to him has experienced serious clinical addiction, which is why he said he was “being careful with my words.”

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-02-11/instagram-chief-says-he-does-not-believe-people-can-get-clinically-addicted-to-social-media

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Now don't get me wrong. I don't think he should be sued. I think the parents should be sued by the kids. It's not Instagram's fault. But to say you can't get addicted when it's clear that it can be proven you can....is just out and out lying.

 

[evenflow1969]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/instagram-chief-says-he-doesnt-believe-users-can-get-clinically-addicted-to-social-media-6a13aec9?mod=home_lead

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social-media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social-media platforms.

*************

It's not an idea Mr. Mosseri, it's a fact.

This is an example of truly selling your soul for the dollar.

Drawing and quartering would be too good for this guy.

Lol just lol. What else can you say about it.

 

[luiza]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/instagram-chief-says-he-doesnt-believe-users-can-get-clinically-addicted-to-social-media-6a13aec9?mod=home_lead

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social-media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social-media platforms.

*************

It's not an idea Mr. Mosseri, it's a fact.

This is an example of truly selling your soul for the dollar.

Drawing and quartering would be too good for this guy.

Man is a buffoon .
But he is an American so it is hardly surprising .

 

[HikerGuy83]

But he is an American so it is hardly surprising .

Ouch

 

[Robert Urbanek]

Can I sue AARP for addictive games?

An AARP game promotion:

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Now that tech giants can be sued for addictive content for children, what about addictive content for adults? Can I sue the AARP for hooking me on their games? I can even claim damages. Fast clicking my mouse playing Word Wipe may have contributed to arthritis in my right index finger.