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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

  • Written by Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liabilityIs the social media platform she's using, rather than the content she's viewing, a threat to her well-being?Fiordaliso/Moment via Getty Images

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