Court battle could reshape social media by stripping addictive features
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California’s lawsuit against Meta seeks to force Facebook and Instagram to remove perceived addictive features like infinite scrolling, autoplay, disappearing content and algorithm-dominated feeds, arguing the business model hooks users and harms minors; a verdict could set a broad precedent and signal that other platforms such as YouTube and Snap may face similar reforms.
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