TechREG® Chronicle – Designed Addiction

Dear Readers,

Over the past year, much attention has focused on the degree to which certain social media providers engage in what is sometimes termed “addiction by design.” The term refers to the extent to which certain platforms target certain users (particularly younger or other potentially younger users) with technologies that seek to produce addictive behavior to increase their engagement with the service in question. This is a novel issue, and one that is subject to current litigation.