Instagram CEO dismisses idea of social media addiction in landmark trial
Adam Mosseri defends app on witness stand and says critics must separate ‘clinical addiction’ from ‘problematic use’Instagram’s CEO dismissed the idea that users can be addicted to social media at a landmark California trial on Wednesday.“I think it’s important to differentiate...
<p>Adam Mosseri defends app on witness stand and says critics must separate ‘clinical addiction’ from ‘problematic use’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/instagram">Instagram’s</a> CEO dismissed the idea that users can be addicted to social media at a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/social-media-trial-meta-tiktok-youtube">landmark California trial</a> on Wednesday.</p><p>“I think it’s important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use,” Adam Mosseri said on the witness stand. Psychologists do not classify <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/31/what-to-know-trials-meta-snap-tiktok-youtube">social media addiction</a> as an official diagnosis. Researchers have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/18/teenagers-social-media-mobile-phones-video-games-mental-health">documented</a> the harmful consequences of compulsive use among young people, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/18/social-media-addiction-should-be-seen-as-disease-mps-say">lawmakers</a> around the world are worried about its addictive potential.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/11/instagram-adam-mosseri-social-media-addiction-trial">Continue reading...</a>
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