Tech companies should lose immunity for addictive design.

Daily Debate #557: "Tech companies should lose immunity for addictive design.". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Look, you're asking the big question but dodging the real debate. Let's cut to it: should tech companies lose immunity for addictive design? Where do you actually stand on that?

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Tech companies absolutely should keep their immunity. You can't sue a car maker because you drove recklessly, and you can't sue Instagram because you scrolled too much. Personal responsibility matters. So what's your actual argument here?

Your car analogy falls apart immediately. A car maker doesn't employ engineers specifically to make driving as addictive as possible. Instagram does exactly that with infinite scroll, algorithmic feeds, and notification tricks designed by PhDs to hijack dopamine. That's not the same as personal responsibility, that's psychological manipulation.

You're conflating design with coercion. Yes, Instagram optimizes engagement, but so does every product that works—Netflix, coffee shops, video games. Nobody's forcing your thumb to scroll. The moment you say "addictive design" removes choice, you're admitting people have no agency. That's actually insulting to users. If we strip immunity every time something's *persuasive*, we've gutted innovation entirely. Where's the line?