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'Infinite scroll' inventor tells N.M. Meta jury he fell prey to its power

By Mike Swift ( February 27, 2026, 01:44 GMT | Insight) -- Aza Raskin, who invented the "infinite scroll" feature of social media that's commanded billions of hours of social media users' attention, told a jury in New Mexico Thursday that even with his understanding of the psychology of his invention, he couldn't stop using it. Raskin generally avoided the word “addiction” Thursday, but his testimony set the tone for a day in which the Santa Fe jury heard testimony about the mental health harms associated with Instagram, WhatsApp and other platforms, as the state's trial against Meta approached the end of its third week.The inventor of the infinite scroll feature that drives the social media consumption of billions of people on Instagram and other platforms testified Thursday that even he was powerless to resist the compulsive use of his creation. ...

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