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L.A. Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Negligent in Social Media Addiction Case

March 25, 2026 3:47 pmMarch 25, 2026 4:12 pm

A Los Angeles, California jury found Meta/Instagram and Google/YouTube liable for negligence in a monumental social media addiction trial, ordering them to pay $3 million in compensatory damages to Kaley G.M., the 20-year-old plaintiff, who claimed their social media platforms...

Social Media: Engineered Addiction to a Psychological Narcotic

March 2, 2026 1:21 pmMarch 2, 2026 1:22 pm

Former Facebook president Sean Parker stated the site was made to consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible to exploit the vulnerability (the craving of social validation) in human psychology.” That is a nice way to...

LA Court Case on Addicting Social Media Begins

February 17, 2026 12:40 pmFebruary 17, 2026 12:42 pm

California is once again at the center of a national experiment. This time focus is on a Los Angeles courtroom where social media companies, specifically Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) and Google’s YouTube, are being accused of “addicting” children...

Artificial Intelligence Has No Guardrails, and That Should Worry Us All

January 5, 2026 12:00 pmJanuary 5, 2026 12:03 pm

A Conversation That Changed the Way I Think About AI A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a private home to hear Tim Estes speak. Estes is a longtime technology executive who has worked at the intersection of data,...

Mental Health Crisis Meets Unnecessary Red Tape – It’s Time For Change

May 30, 2025 10:42 amMay 30, 2025 10:42 am

Millions of Americans struggle with depression, anxiety, and addiction, among other mental health issues. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated one in five adults lives with a mental illness, yet only half of them receive treatment....

Is Healthcare a Human Right?

February 5, 2025 3:00 pmFebruary 5, 2025 3:01 pm

Is Healthcare a Human Right? My answer, having been a general surgeon for 45 years is hell no! My healthcare is a personal obligation, and I am 100% responsible for how I take care of myself. And that is your...

Putting a Face on Mental Health

May 17, 2023 7:00 amMay 17, 2023 7:01 am

The statistics are scary. In February of this year, the CDC released a report saying, “3 in 5 teen girls in the U.S. (57%) felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 – more than twice as much as boys, and...