{"id":373619,"date":"2026-03-30T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373619\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:46:13","slug":"a-lot-of-people-are-traumatised-irish-phone-addicts-will-take-cases-against-social-media-companies-here-says-expert-the-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373619\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A lot of people are traumatised\u2019 \u2013 Irish phone addicts will take cases against social media companies here, says expert &#8211; The Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxQMmg3WWRWUFdTUzR1U2tfcFdURzk3M3o1Ui1TSDVmWXI5bjBQcU0yazhySUlXbDNoT1Q3Y1VPT1lTeEdMT210U05hbGdEc0xwU0VNUmpodXNjVmVrWXFCR0MtekIxTDVQQzkzcVZHM292Z0dmd0o3X3p2LWxNMUp3TXVBd25EWUdSVVY2a1dHb0tyLXRMd2hsMnpRaVFOZTdLeE10R3dCdmhXM1Vlcmh4WkdpUGJRUFlwRm5PSUFDWUp6cjhGQkhRM080TW43ZndoUzVDV0RkekM0X1drUHRkSnlxa0hjX1QtZXFIWkxWa1JXMzlsOE84d2ttQXpSUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018A lot of people are traumatised\u2019 \u2013 Irish phone addicts will take cases against social media companies here, says expert<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE5qcjJMRTBBWXhMZVZVWFR0TlRZZ2JJQkV5RGZ3UnVFVkpGT3g3S2RrSEEwTmp6VlBGRjdyTWNPX2YycVQ4X3ZZOGZ1bWUtdng2WUxxQXlKcnctbDBhZk5tOVNCMEE3QUI1em1QODY3U21xQlRQRjFHYkxnT1o?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Landmark verdict will have implications for platforms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNRk9BWGdwenFBQmg1U2JncE0xWEVBZXA1TzJjcmJIOFltQXN5WnFjRl81UWRTOWktVGxkRjVnQVV3bkRNWHRSbk4zNXhyVVVmb0FjUVA1RFg0MDh1QkRfc0lSZHRXdjFfRFFjMmFla2hkTzcyejFwMXA1Tjg3ZGItTTFYdTBTOVE4MW9pOFRleVBSYk0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How Meta\u2019s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial | Technology<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;theguardian.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPam9CaE1UQWg0aU5hbGJ2X0lqNVpmSDRvOWE3cUM0YlhoMDVhTUE4MXdEQVg5VnUwQzR3MEJKazFBclNjVkJfQVJrUFI1QVFtRW1QZTRfRHkwUUh2ZGNDZHAtaHdWeEhWd2hKRnNRdG10ODYyQUxQekRjaWItYkxFeExiTndFZjhtTFY2REZYWVpuZ3FzY2NMRUp2U3Judjk0emJwMnhyQmd5Q0x5Z25WcHpWY1VHWUtfczQ0c3B2ZDE3bk81NFB1LTNYSVpTTzRjTFJGSA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jennifer O&#8217;Connell: Addictive by design: this is the verdict every parent has been waiting for<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNdm5Tb0k4S1FLNExoZHRrNXYzWTFoVmM4NXlmRnVGSndUc2hRV2JhSGxiTXZ0akFhRWd5cVVXWUhwd2Ywcmp4X1RROEdETWtmaVlsNVluak1nZDVzQkhSSzlYWUtvMXVTSnZweHFRMThBemV1RUkyOWJnN0hvUEhrSWI1SEVQaHo1SVZLSTZZRDM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What the Google and Meta ruling means for Ireland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018A lot of people are traumatised\u2019 \u2013 Irish phone addicts will take cases against social media companies here,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-373619","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}