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Not only are the states seeking billions of dollars from Meta, they are demanding it make changes to Instagram and Facebook, including ending "like" counts and infinite scroll.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Just two percent of the 1,000 teenagers polled said they did not currently scroll on social media or watch short-form videos on school nights.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
I scroll through the portraits he’d emailed me: two women laughing, a family smiling, and my personal favorite, a pop-artish rendering of Gigi Hadid.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Shortly after eleven o'clock, Jeremy tiptoed out of his room carrying the box, the scroll, the bag of teeth, and a flashlight.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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As she scrolls through the music library on her mint green iPod, filled with album artwork from 15 to 20 years ago, childhood memories of receiving one as a Christmas present come flooding back.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The old-school kind where everybody is mostly well-behaved and polite, and the audience scrolls on their phones to stay awake.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
On our Zoom call, Herberhold scrolls through the TikTok feed she uses as a shell account to study the Com network.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
"It's the first time that he is wearing tefillin", Bandel said enthusiastically, referring to the small black leather boxes containing Torah scrolls.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
But out of nowhere, one of the biggest, most popular scrolls ran a list of “27 Accounts to Make Your Day Brighter,” with mine in the number one slot.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Both were littered with sports events, which I scrolled past, but also had sections for elections, politics, tech and a lot more.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Her voice broke as she scrolled through dozens of photos and videos on her phone.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Elsewhere, a couple of people scrolled on their mobiles, seemingly incapable of focusing on the big screen.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He scrolled through his phone contacts until he saw “Supervisor” typed below a name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026
Moss scrolled down to Javier’s name and stared at it for a few seconds, then hit the message button and began to type.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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“Sometimes it’s kind of nice to enter a meditative state and not be scrolling on my phone,” he observes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Additionally, I quit scrolling news sites for headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In his ruling, New Mexico Judge Bryan Biedscheid also noted that teenagers are particularly susceptible to features that are designed to boost engagement such as autoplay, infinite scrolling, like counts, push notifications and algorithmic recommendations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
“You can kind of see everybody’s profile, so it’s like scrolling on Instagram and you can pick and choose who you want to talk to,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’m still scrolling through the list when I realize my mistake.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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