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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, “Kids under 13 aren’t allowed on our services.” That's a lie.

2015: Internal review found 4 million kids on Instagram.

2017: Meta employees, we're "going after <13 year olds” – Zuckerberg had been talking about this “for a while.”

Under oath today, watched by bereaved parents, a jury of his peers, and concerned citizens around the globe, Zuckerberg’s dissembling excuses and lies are landing flat — and the images from today’s courthouse appearance will haunt him as the quest for accountability continues.

NEW: Illustrations from inside the courtroom show Mark Zuckerberg being sworn in and confronted with evidence as the Meta CEO testified this morning in the ongoing landmark social media trials in Los Angeles. #BigTechAddictsKids

“This trial has already proven that there is a direct link between Big Tech’s dangerous product designs and real-world harms, and it should come as no surprise that voters are mad as hell and want Congress to do something about it.” — @sachalouise.bsky.social

TOP-YOUGOV POLL, MICROSITE UPDATE: Survey Shows Near-Universal Support for Holding Google and Meta Accountable Based on Social Media Addiction Trials - Tech Oversight Project View the poll results here Even More Damning Evidence and Documents From Google and Meta Uploaded to Big Tech on Trial Microsite WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project released a nationwide survey conducted by YouGov showing that a near-universal percentage of Americans are disgusted by Big Tech for recklessly endangering minors by designing addictive […]

Our new survey confirms that an overwhelming 86% of Americans agree Big Tech should be held accountable. techoversight.org/2026/02/17/...

Today Show: Zuckerberg to Testify in Social Media Addiction Trial This is "Today Show: Zuckerberg to Testify in Social Media Addiction Trial" by Tech Oversight Project on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the…

Advocates who are gathering early outside the courthouse this morning have spent weeks preparing for today’s testimony, working to ensure it becomes a watershed moment for awareness and accountability. vimeo.com/1165993175/...

As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand TODAY in the landmark social media addiction trials, newly unsealed case documents show how he has lied to Congress and the American people. #BigTechAddictsKids

Trial Evidence - Tech Oversight Project

Employees knew. @Meta leaders knew. The harm wasn’t accidental—it was built in.

See the evidence: techoversight.org/bigtechontrial

#BigTechAddictsKids

“Oh my gosh yall IG is a drug” – internal Instagram messages, 2020

Right now, @mosseri, Head of @Instagram, is standing trial in Los Angeles for harming kids.

As Stanford's leading expert on addiction testified yesterday:

Social media addiction is real—and Big Tech designed it for kids.

See the evidence: techoversight.org/bigtechontrial
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👀 Oh. The AI super PAC people are also the Jeffrey Epstein people.

AI super PACs run by OpenAI / Meta / big tech think they can run the crypto playbook from 2018 -- but voters actually know what Big Tech and AI is (and they don't like it). it won't work

SHOT: Bad take from OpenAI’s Chris Lehane about AI POPuLiSM

CHASER: Sent from Davos

Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms Silicon Valley’s battle against AI regulation is already shaping the next US election cycle.

Read the full piece here: www.wired.com/story/ai-sup...

@sachalouise.bsky.social makes it clear to Big Tech: bring it on.

"When you are fighting public opinion, money only goes so far...We've seen survey after survey showing that Americans are skeptical of AI, they're distrustful of the tech CEOs, and they hate the data centers."

💰 FOLLOW THE MONEY: Big Tech AI companies are already pouring tens of millions into the midterms to elect an obedient Congress that will let industry write the rules so that they can keep raising prices on everyday goods and services.

There’s only one reason why Snapchat would settle on the eve of trial, and that is because what was about to become public is so damning that they were hoping the evidence they have denied for years will never see the light of day.

The Tech Oversight Project Slams Launch of ChatGPT Health, Amid OpenAI Product Liability Lawsuits Leading to Suicide and Murder - Tech Oversight Project WASHINGTON, DC – The Tech Oversight Project slammed OpenAI for launching “ChatGPT Health” amid a growing wave of product liability lawsuits linking the company to deaths by suicide and murder: “Under ...

Read our full statement here: techoversight.org/2026/01/08/c...

"OpenAI is actively being sued for the role its products played in driving people to suicide and murder, and in partnering with OpenAI and the damage it will have on children and teens, companies like Apple should be considered complicit." – @sachalouise.bsky.social

🗒️TOP STATEMENT: "ChatGPT drove minors to suicidal ideation, coached them through how to take their own lives, and dissuaded them from seeking medical help and counseling when they needed it most. Nothing could be more audacious than rolling a deadly product out at scale..."

AI Chatbot Startup, Google to Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides The cases involving Character.AI’s virtual companions highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence and mental health.

These settlements offer a measure of accountability, but to truly protect children and teens from Big Tech's dangerously designed products, Congress and state legislatures need to enact lasting change.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-c...

@sachalouise.bsky.social on Google and CharacterAI settling lawsuits over teen suicides:

“These lawsuits have awakened the world to how deadly AI chatbots can be by hauling these depraved companies into the spotlight."

If we don't see hallmark movies about data centers next holiday season, we riot.

Ending Public Funding for Big Tech AI, GOP Stampede Against Trump's AI EO This week in The Dispatch, we cover the GOP backlash to the Trump-Sacks AI executive order and a new, forward-looking data center policy proposal

🪨 Rampant scams on Meta's ad platforms
🪨 Trump's AI EO drawing fire from GOP
🪨 Big Tech's last-minute push to water down the NYS RAISE ACT

All that, and more in this week's edition of The Dispatch.

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Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.

@sachalouise.bsky.social: "Google wines and dines lawmakers for the same reason they are funding Trump’s ballroom: the American people increasingly dislike their products and distrust their leadership, so Google resorts to buying influence."
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The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI

Big Tech whistleblowers are heroes, and the pushback – and in some cases potential bankruptcy – they face for their bravery underscores how far Big Tech CEOs, like Mark Zuckerberg, are willing to go to silence the truth.

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LETTER: Over 150+ NYS parents, including survivor parents, are calling on Governor Hochul to sign the Raise Act as passed by the legislature – underscoring what's at stake.

"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."

The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI