Meta – California Globe

New CA Anti-Big Tech Legislation is a Solution to a State Manufactured Problem

April 8, 2026 6:00 pmApril 8, 2026 6:01 pm

California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) is pushing a ridiculous bill that purports to blame Big Tech for the affordability crisis in San Francisco. Not only does this not deal with San Francisco’s inability to build housing – largely because...

Gavin Newsom is a Pedophile’s Best Friend

March 28, 2026 9:00 amMarch 29, 2026 5:51 am

I recently warned parents about the dangers of social media having to do with the fact that social media has been engineered to addict their young adults, resulting in all sorts of emotional and psychological problems for children and teens....

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...

Ringside: Why Data Centers Will Create Electricity Abundance

March 12, 2026 4:00 amMarch 12, 2026 4:01 am

There is concern that the energy requirements of data centers will consume so much electricity that demand will overwhelm supply. While this is certainly a possible outcome, the actual impact may have the opposite effect. For starters, while the total...

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...

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...