Labelling a service like TikTok as "intentionally addictive" is just the height of stupidity around semantic games. It is obviously not addictive in any medical

Labelling a service like TikTok as "intentionally addictive" is just the height of stupidity around semantic games. It is obviously not addictive in any medical sense of the word, and insofar as we stretch the definition of "addictive" to include things like this we dilute the term enough that it becomes another word for "enjoyable". You can read at least New Jersey's complaint here [1]. They do rightly point out the degree to which TikTok is used by the CCP to direct users to videos that serve as whitewashing propaganda, but the vast majority of the complaint is all junk science around dopamine hits and other bullshit. At this point might as well ban Eragon and Percy Jackson and Harry Potter and all the other "addictive" books my kids read -- they can't help but turn the next page! And even after they finish they're asking for more books! ADDICTIVE! I continue to maintain [2] that the use of the term "social media" is itself extremely deceptive as it confuses the consumption of content with the creation of content as well as the social network effects. [1] https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-1008_Complaint-Filed.pdf https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-1008_Complaint-Fi... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40718848 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40718848