Addiction: Defriending Facebook

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 11/17/11

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Facebook will not reveal how many users have deactivated service, but Kimberly Young, a psychologist who is the director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery in Bradford, Pa., said she had spoken with dozens of teenagers trying to break the Facebook habit.

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