Not only this, but as author of the first published quantitative research on Internet addiction and dependency in 1996, I have deliberately tried to stay out of this debacle with its reckless 'addiction' label spreading as fact through media. As I said at UNESCO's 2011 Fez conference, dependency is the problem.
"‘Today We Save Our Children’ Says Governor Hochul, Signing Bill That Will Not Save Anyone"
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/21/today-we-save-our-children-says-governor-hochul-signing-bill-that-will-not-save-anyone/ @mmasnick