How Tech Companies Turned Addiction Into a Business Model
— Agiliton
— 8 min read
Nearly half of all teenagers say they feel addicted to social media. That is not an accident. The platforms they use every day — Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube — were designed to be difficult to put down. In 2026, courts and regulators around the world are beginning to treat this as what it is: a deliberate business strategy built on the attention of children.
Here is what parents need to know about how these platforms work, what the evidence shows, and what is being done about it.
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