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Social Media and the Myth of the Big Tobacco Moment

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: David Streitfeld
Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion over a decade and make changes to its social media properties to make them less compulsive for young people.
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Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws

✇NYT > Top Stories
By: John Yoon
Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.

© Jeremy Piper/Reuters

Teenagers in Australia on their phones. The country’s social media ban, which took effect in December, has so far failed to keep children off the platforms.
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