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Drugs. The term you are looking for is drug, because numerous studies have shown the effect on brain chemistry[2] and behavior[1] from social media addiction could be as bad as hard drugs.

[1] https://www.addictioncenter.com/news/2019/09/excessive-socia...

[2] https://neurogrow.com/what-social-media-does-to-your-brain/

I feel this way about HN. I open it every day, and check back far more than Facebook. Maybe we'll have a senate hearing someday about HN. :P

You mean like alcohol? companies can definitely get in trouble if they overserve or serve minors.

Alcohol would be a good example, as would be unhealthy foods from the restaurant industry and food supply chain. But restrictions to drugs are made on an ad-hoc basis and not from a general principle.

While not banned, a lot of countries restricted television advertising of unhealthy food to children during childrens programming. I dont know how effective this was/is, but I suspect it's been erroded by new marketing channels(internet etc) anyway.

A better analogy is – should beverage companies get into trouble if minors routinely consume their products?

Ask anyone who died of smoking-related illnesses.