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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...

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...

California’s Tech Job Decline: Headed to Progressive Ruin

November 4, 2025 2:45 amNovember 4, 2025 2:46 am

For decades, California has been globally synonymous with tech innovation, with San Francisco and Silicon Valley epicenter birthing giants like Apple, Google, Twitter/X and Meta. Yet, as of November 2025, dominance in the U.S. tech workforce is waning, with the...

Rep Derek Tran Rakes In Corporate Cash Despite Campaign Pledge

October 31, 2025 2:02 pmOctober 31, 2025 2:05 pm

California Democrat Congressman Derek Tran (CA-45) built his campaign around rejecting corporate PAC money and “Big Oil” donations, even earning endorsements from End Citizens United and the League of Conservation Voters for those pledges, but his latest FEC filings tell...

Breaking the Big Tech Monopoly to Give Veteran Small Businesses a Fair Chance

September 17, 2025 7:00 amSeptember 17, 2025 7:01 am

Entrepreneurship is the number one avenue for regular people to build real wealth and create the freedom for themselves to build a better life and prioritize their families. As an advocate for veteran small business owners, I see firsthand how...

‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

June 27, 2024 2:55 amJune 27, 2024 2:56 am

A bill that would have big tech companies pay a fee to news outlets for using or posting articles and other local news content passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in a 9-2 vote split across party lines. Assembly...

Google Fires 28 for Anti-Israel Sit-in at Work

April 18, 2024 12:03 pmApril 18, 2024 12:03 pm

Google fired 28 employees in Sunnyvale and New York on Wednesday following them participating in a sit-in protest inside Google buildings against a $1.2 billion Israeli government cloud contract. Before the current sit-in, Google had fired employees for protesting Israel...