Guardian Health
‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products
Jeffrey Wigand, the biochemist whose tobacco industry testimony helped expose how cigarette makers deliberately targeted children and concealed addiction risks, says Big Tech's current legal battles feel uncomfortably familiar. The whistleblower sees direct parallels between tobacco's playbook and social media platforms engineering products for maximum addictiveness. With Meta now facing landmark verdicts, Wigand's warning carries the weight of someone who has watched this story play out before.
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