Shannon Bond

Eastern to comply.

So far, Anthropic's CEO has said his company will not back down.

Shannon Bond, NPR News.

Well, I'll tell you a story that illustrates this, which is that my nine-year-old said, Mom, you have to delete Instagram from your phone.

You are on it too much.

And I did.

And, like, I don't keep it on my phone.

I'm not using it regularly.

And I regret to inform you, I feel like I'm probably sleeping better, less distracted.

I didn't know it was like that.

He's like, mom, I see you.

I see you.

And you need to get it off your phone.

And he was not wrong.

What is the through line connecting these cases?

So number one, they are saying companies like Meta, right, which makes Instagram and Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, have intentionally designed their apps to be addictive, to be really hard to put down.

So things like infinite scroll, those constant notifications you get, like the way the algorithm works.

So number one, they're saying the companies have done this intentionally.

They want to keep you using them as much as possible.

And then they're sort of saying as a second step, that overuse that these apps have encouraged among kids is contributing to a mental health crisis.