[Mijka]

Just to build up on previous comment and yours, "social media or addictive distractions" is also a thing known for a long time.

"Panem et circenses" is a known latin expression about providing to the masses the 2 biggest basics (food and entertainement) to appease it, sometimes used to show a decline.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

SOcial MediA... Hmm

[QuanticSausage]

It seems to me that the direct translation is "bread and circus".

[steverb]

Or you could just say "bread and circuses" which is the common english idiom.

[agustif]

He was making a point about the oldness of the saying though, putting it in it's original latin helps deliver his point I guess