Ever felt like you literally cannot put your phone down, even when you know it's draining you? You aren’t alone, and finally, the law agrees. In a landmark ruling that feels straight out of a Black Mirror episode, a US court has found tech giants Meta and Google guilty. The charge? Designing platforms that act like digital casinos, weaponizing human psychology to keep users—especially Gen Z—hooked to glowing screens.
This isn't just a slap on the wrist; it's a seismic shift that could end the "free internet" era as we know it. As these corporations prep their legal armies for an appeal, shifting the blame to parents and schools, we have to ask: Can you really put a price tag on mental health, or is the age of attention manipulation finally crashing down?
