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I don't know. Seems like self-control issues. People can get addicted to anything: shopping, sex, internet use, work, gaming, exercise. I also disagree with prohibitions on gambling, drug use, prostitution: it's their money, their body, etc.
Penalizing systems of communication & information delivery seems overreach. The harm seems phony & averted by basic self-control.
Addictive Personality Disorder is a proposed disorder that makes sufferers more vulnerable to developing addictive behaviors, including things like gambling or social media. Does it help to frame it in a different light for you if you think of it as those companies exploiting vulnerable peoples' disorders to extract money from them?
Telling those people to just have self control is like telling someone with depression to just stop being sad.
Or telling someone stupid to be more clever, as the case may be.