Schmidt addresses idea of social media addiction as he wraps up opening arguments

Wrapping up the opening arguments for Meta, Schmidt addresses the idea that social media is addictive, particularly for young people. “There can be no dispute that Meta has recognised people struggle, or can struggle, with their use of social media, and has come up with tools to try and address that,” Schmidt says. However, he points to past statements from Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri that not only were Facebook and Instagram not designed to be addictive, scientific research has not yet com