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When scrolling becomes addiction: Internet addiction now affecting even primary school children

Rates of internet addiction among children and adolescents have nearly doubled since the pandemic – Symptoms, impact on academic performance and nutrition – Setting an age limit on social media is part of the solution, experts say

The Commission targets TikTok for its addictive design that harms children

The Commission considers that features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, alerts and personalised recommendations system reinforce the compulsive use of the app - Preliminary assessment of a DSA infringement

Smartphone: When does it become…a drug, is there a way to detox?

We sleep with it, it is the first thing we check when we wake up, we check hundreds of notifications daily, we have meetings even while driving, and, most importantly, we tremble at the thought that we might be without signal or without it

Hunter Biden: The son of the US president who used crack cocaine and gave a fortune to prostitutes

The life of Hunter, pardoned by Joe Biden, reveals the contents of the laptop seized by the authorities

WHO: 11% of adolescents show signs of social media addiction

"We need to take immediate action to help adolescents stop the potentially harmful use of social media, which has been proven to lead to depression, harassment, anxiety, and poor academic performance," emphasized the WHO’s European Regional Director

Vaccine against cocaine addiction prepared by Brazilian doctors

Animal testing has been particularly encouraging

“They think it’s not an addiction”: Struggling pot users face skepticism

Marijuana addiction is real

The Countries Most Addicted to Coffee (infographic)

The country most addicted will surprise

US woman describes the “shame” of a decades-long porn addiction

Erica Garza’s decades-long addiction to pornography began during her teenage years and destroyed her relationships

BoringPhone created to save you from your mobile addiction

The software gives you some of the key features of a phone while cutting out three of the biggest distractions...

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