Jonquilyn Hill

You know, what is also not abstract is that there were new terms of service that folks had to agree to.

What do we know about what's changing?

Okay, so all of this is the business side, but let's say, you know, I'm out here scrolling, and right now, cooking videos, videos about makeup, videos of men cleaning horse hooves.

Will my experience on the app change now?

Is all of that gone for me?

Shout out to Nate the Hoof Guy.

Okay, and wait, one more question before we go.

Sure.

Gotta close the loop on the horse hooves.

Does it hurt them when they get them cleaned?

Coming up on Today Explained, some major lawsuits allege social media platforms are designed to be addictive.

TikTok settled the first big one, but most of the rest of the social media world's headed to court.

Okay, so there are some big social media lawsuits just getting underway.

Why are these such a huge deal?

A 19-year-old anonymous plaintiff claims she got hooked to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube at just 10 years old due to features like endless scrolling and frequent notifications.

Okay, so just to clarify, this is about whether teens are being harmed by addictive content or whether the platform themselves are addictive?

Yes.

Yeah, you know, these lawsuits are all about the addiction and harm that might be caused by social media.

But what do we actually know about how addictive these platforms are?

What do these studies tell us?