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Elhai, Jon D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5205-9010
Demetrovics, Zsolt https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-7551
Casale, Silvia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3823-9773
Montag, Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-0837
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Received: 7 April 2026
Accepted: 23 June 2026
First Online: 1 July 2026
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: N/A – no data were used.
: The authors did not use generative or assistive AI for article write-up.
: The authors report no conflicts of interest with this paper’s study. In addition, the authors report the following: Jon Elhai has never received funding or payments from the social media industry. Zsolt Demetrovics has never received funding or payments from the social media industry. Silvia Casale has never received funding or payments from the social media industry. Dr. Montag mentions that he was part of a discussion circle (Digitalität und Verantwortung: https://about.fb.com/de/news/h/gespraechskreis-digitalitaet-und-verantwortung/) debating ethical questions linked to social media, digitalization and society/democracy at Facebook. In this context, he received no salary for his activities.
