Legal accountability for social media addiction is shifting from user self-blame to corporate responsibility.

Key developments:

- A landmark case awarded a plaintiff $6 million, including punitive damages proving corporate malice in design.

- This legal strategy bypasses Section 230 immunity by classifying addictive features (e.g. infinite scroll) as defective products, not protected content hosting.

- The verdict establishes a precedent for mass litigation, forcing internal company documents on addictive design into public discovery.

The science of addiction:

- Social media design exploits neuroscience, using variable reward schedules to hijack the brain's impulsive system.

- This engineered architecture erodes user attention span and mental well-being for profit.

The fundamental shift:

- The focus is no longer on user willpower but on the engineered, intentional nature of digital addiction.

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