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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...

Another Big Freedom of Speech Win Against Totalitarian Biden Admin

March 25, 2026 10:00 amMarch 25, 2026 4:16 pm

Another important freedom of speech case, Missouri v. Biden, addresses whether the federal government violated the First Amendment by allegedly coercing social media companies to censor certain viewpoints. U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said after the landmark decision in the...

Big Sister: Kamala Harris’ Long War on Free Speech

September 7, 2024 10:48 amSeptember 7, 2024 10:48 am

Kamala Harris has a definite view of the concept of free speech. So definite, in fact, that she doesn’t even believe in it for herself. Her “pop-up” campaign has been mostly marked by the muzzle she has agreed to wear...

Supremely Wrong: Court Ruling on Murthy Misses Point Entirely

June 26, 2024 1:54 pmJune 26, 2024 1:54 pm

The United States Supreme Court ruled today, in a 6 to 3 decision, that the plaintiffs in the most important free speech case in decades did not have standing to ask for preliminary injunctive relief. That is wrong. In her...

SB 764: Social Media Platforms and Minors

March 29, 2023 3:45 pmMarch 29, 2023 3:55 pm

Senate Bill 764 by Sen. Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) would add Civil Code Section 1714.12 dealing with social media platforms. First, SB 764 would prohibit a social media platform from adopting or implementing a policy or practice related to the...

SB 60 and SB 74: Social Media Platforms, Prohibited Social Media Platforms

February 15, 2023 11:22 amFebruary 15, 2023 3:23 pm

On February 14, 2023, Senate Bill 60 (Umberg) was amended to add Business and Professions Code Section 22945.5, requiring social media platforms to remove certain items. SB 60 would authorize a person to seek a court order requiring a social...

Biden Admin Embraces California’s Alarming ‘Disinformation’ Control Plan

April 28, 2022 2:23 pm

“Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security is creating a ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ to combat misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms,” Fox News reported. It appears the Biden administration is embracing yet more of...