Facebook mobile triggers addiction alarm
Addiction alarm sounds as Facebook goes mobile
Asher Moses
November 4, 2010A Sydney child and adolescent psychiatrist says Facebook's lofty mobile phone ambitions are exacerbating the problem of internet addiction.
Philip Tam, child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Rivendell unit in Concord, said in a phone interview that social networking apps on mobile phones meant "we never get away from the reach of cyber space".
"It's always with us literally in our pocket 24/7 and for people without the self control that can be worrying," he said.
