LEGAL BRIEF By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq. On August 26, Meta and the Attorneys General of 51 US states and territories filed a request that a federal district court judge approve the settlement of a complaint. The settlement proposal is 130 pages long (although 53 of them are signature pages for all the parties and […]

ISSUE 23.42 • 2026-10-19 PUBLIC DEFENDER By Brian Livingston It’s now clearer than ever that the algorithms used by social-media apps such as Facebook and Instagram are harming young people and adults. As San Diego State University psychology professor Jean Twenge recently wrote, “five times more 10- to 14-year-old girls were admitted to the ER […]

COMMENTARY By Will Fastie AI could ruin YouTube, not only for viewers but also for creators. YouTube has been a tremendously useful resource over the years, for both entertainment and education. Want to learn how to hammer a nail into a board? Tens of thousands of videos. Want to learn how to use Blackmagic Design’s […]