Thirty-three American states are taking Meta to court. They believe that the company behind Instagram and Facebook deliberately makes children addicted. Tech companies keep our attention with cunning psychological tricks. How does that work exactly? What can you do as a parent? Does prohibition help? “If you go in the ‘wrong’ direction, the algorithm pushes you deeper and deeper,” says Mariek Vanden Abeele, professor of digital culture (UGent).
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With these cunning tricks, Facebook and Instagram make your child addicted: “They lose control”
