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Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting (www.techdirt.com)

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Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over ‘Video Game Addiction’, Because That’s Easier Than Parenting::Video game addiction. Sigh. Big sigh, even. Like, the biggest of sighs. We've talked about claims that video game addiction is a documentable affliction in the past, as well as the pushback that claim has received from addiction experts, who have pointed out that much of this is being done to allow doctors to get…

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[-] Tom_bishop@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

If they succeed in suing, next I'm gonna sue google for my youtube addiction, then sue reddit for my scrolling reddit addiction, then sue tiktok for my child's tiktoking addiction.

[-] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 14 points 11 months ago

Are you suggesting that YouTube shouldn't have liability for the behavior of their algorithms?

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