digital heroin
I believe this sums up all the negative impact technology has on us, and this might increase on generations after us. Laws and regulations need to be in place to control the impact of these adverse effects of digital era. We can't just let the corporate and industrial sector to keep profiting from this, which they very well have been doing since a long time now. Parents and guardians can't be entirely blamed for the increase in access of these gadgets to our children, it's a collective use of mind control and creating artificial dependency in order to make this an essential part of our lives, if we are to compete with the rest of the world out there. This dependency is man-made and certainly needs to be looked into by the courts of law at a global level.
Otherwise, it's going to be just a matter of few more decades and we will be completely enslaved by all the technological advancements in our surroundings.