Amid Meta settlement, JCC professor compares social media to gambling
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A JCC psychology professor likens endless social media scrolling to gambling amid Meta's $18B settlement.Summary
A Jefferson Community College associate professor of psychology, Cynthia Lonsbury, likens the endless scroll of social media platforms to a slot machine, saying the infinite content keeps users engaged like gambling. She made the comparison amid Meta's $18 billion settlement that alleges the company designed apps to be addictive and now must limit screen time and notifications for children, pending approval, with New York potentially receiving over a billion dollars.
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