Topic: youth mental health
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Zuckerberg Testifies as Social Media Faces Trial
A landmark trial in Los Angeles centers on allegations that Meta and Google's YouTube deliberately designed addictive platforms, with grieving parents present to confront executives over the human cost. Parents, including those who lost children to suicide and fentanyl poisoning, attended to witn...
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Meta Seeks to Block Mental Health, Zuckerberg Mentions in Child Safety Trial
Meta is facing a New Mexico trial over allegations it enabled child sexual exploitation and is seeking to exclude broad evidence, including youth mental health studies and references to its CEO, to narrowly focus the case on state consumer protection law violations. The state's case alleges Meta'...
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AI Hype vs. Reality: Moltbook's Lesson and the Rise of AI Therapy
The viral AI social network Moltbook prompts critical debate on whether such platforms represent genuine innovation or merely reflect our fascination with AI's potential, highlighting the need to separate substance from hype. AI is increasingly applied to the global mental health crisis, with mil...
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Family Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT Wrongful Death
A California family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged their son's self-destructive thoughts, marking the first known case linking an AI chatbot to a suicide. The lawsuit highlights concerns about AI safety protocols and the lack of legal obligatio...
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Sen. Ed Markey: TikTok, the FCC, and Free Speech
Senator Ed Markey warns of a systematic effort to weaponize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to censor media and intimidate broadcasters, creating a chilling effect that undermines First Amendment protections. He criticizes the opaque and selective enforcement of the TikTok ban, sugges...
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