Kelly Stonelake (she/her)

The Latest in the Social Media Addiction Trials—and Why I’m Now Opposing KOSA Dispatches from the courtroom, new testimony from insiders, and how Congress might be writing Big Tech a get-out-of-jail-free card

I’ve been a fierce Kids Online Safety Act advocate, but like so many things, common sense has been politicized into potentially very harmful policy. Today is the day to email your reps for a “no” vote on KOSA.

The Latest in the Social Media Addiction Trials—and Why I’m Now Opposing KOSA Dispatches from the courtroom, new testimony from insiders, and how Congress might be writing Big Tech a get-out-of-jail-free card

I know WWIII is starting but please email your reps and keep Congress out of Mark Zuckerberg’s back pocket.

CNN reporting that the strikes on Iran tonight are joint US and Israeli strikes.

Which means Donald Trump should be impeached for a third time.

What he has done tonight is illegal under the US constitution and the UN charter.

Scholars corrected me if I'm wrong, but I believe Walzer defines preemptive war in which an attack is imminent as just, but there's no such thing as a "preventative" war. That's just an unjust, illegal act.

YouTube video by CGTN America Meta and YouTube on trial accused of designing addictive features into software

“Those who benefit from proximity to power inherit a duty to confront it when it causes harm.”

U.S. women's hockey team declines Trump's invitation to the State of the Union President Donald Trump invited the men's and women's hockey teams after both won gold medals in overtime games against Canada.

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Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’

From article:

“Kelly Stonelake left Meta on medical leave, in February 2023, after she faced harassment and retaliation for raising [child safety] concerns, she says. Stonelake sued Meta last year over the issue, and also alleged a toxic pattern of silencing women.” #meta #socialmedia #zuckerberg

The executive that helped build Meta’s ad machine is trying to expose it “The priorities were on winning growth and engagement.”

“There’s not a moral algorithm, that’s not a thing … Doesn’t eat, doesn’t sleep, doesn’t care,” Boland said.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Courtroom Reckoning In a Los Angeles courtroom, Mark Zuckerberg tried to combat claims that Meta wants to keep teens chained to its apps, Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin report.

“My own firsthand experience,” said Kelly Stonelake, a former Meta product marketing director turned whistleblower who left Meta in 2024 and is suing the company, “is that there was a fever-pitch obsession with maximizing time spent.”

Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’

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Mark Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Los Angeles Social Media Addiction Trial He testified that, “If a company causes harm, it should reevaluate its values."

“If a company causes harm, it should reevaluate its values” says Mark Zuckerberg today. No, if a company causes harm, they should be stopped. #meta #socialmedia

The issue isn’t whether a sneaker ad appears next to a pro-suicide post. It’s whether the media subsidizes the infinite scroll that delivers it.

The advertising industry has spent years obsessing over brand safety—ensuring their ad doesn’t appear next to objectionable content. What if the content doesn’t matter because the system itself is harmful?

Teens lack self regulation because of biology. Big Tech won’t self regulate because of greed. Whose side are we on? #socialmedia #bigtech #divest

Instagram's Teen Accounts are Sugar Pills for Parents, not Safety for Kids “We want parents to feel good about their teens using social media," says Instagram, as they fail to actually keep kids safe.

As #Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri takes the stand in LA today, I hope he has to answer to providing “solutions” to kids and parents that are good for Meta’s PR but don’t actually keep kids safe. #socialmedia #bigtech

The Myth of Brand Safety in Addictive and Harmful Media The LA Social Media trial's evidence proves platforms know that harm to kids is the cost of business, so when will advertisers stop funding it?

The #advertising industry has spent years obsessing over #brandsafety —ensuring their ad doesn’t appear next to objectionable content. What if the content doesn’t matter because the system itself is harmful? #bigtech #media #socialmedia #socialmediamarketing

Washington weighs new limits on social media algorithms, notifications after teen's overdose In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social media features after son's tragic death.

Grateful to heroes like Aaron Ping who turn their grief into action to protect other kids—honored to be part of this local news segment with him and @atg.wa.gov who is sponsoring the proposed legislation to protect kids from addictive feeds and all-hours notifications. #socialmedia #bigtech

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One Year Since I Sued Meta: What We’ve Learned Meta said my claims were legally insufficient. But a year of reporting, testimony, and investigations have shown how child safety concerns—and the women who raised them—were systematically sidelined.

🎉ONE YEAR AGO TODAY I sued Meta. My case has survived a move to Federal Court, a motion to dismiss, and is now in the discovery stage. 👇🏻 you’re invited to my lawsuit’s birthday party:

One Year Since I Sued Meta: What We’ve Learned Meta said my claims were legally insufficient. But a year of reporting, testimony, and investigations have shown how child safety concerns—and the women who raised them—were systematically sidelined.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, I filed a sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation lawsuit against Meta. Here's what’s been revealed by other whistleblowers and investigations about child safety in Horizon and Meta’s systemic misogyny since I filed:
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#meta #metaverse

Meta would like you to think I'm making it all up, but this timeline of accounts and reports from disconnected people and organizations over the past year makes it clear that these assertions aren't coming out of thin air. #metaknows

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We discuss leaving #meta, their cult of #coercivecontrol, #autistic burnout, #dbt, parent survivors of #bigtech #socialmedia harms, and so much more.

Listen to my full conversation with Alison Crosthwait on her Substack at alisoncrosthwait.substack.com/p/kelly-ston... or on Apple Podcasts.

From Epstein to Zuckerberg: Exploited Kids is the Ultimate Price of Unchecked Patriarchy What if power were treated as a responsibility, not a prize?

My arguments are sounding less and less “out there” aren’t they? Billionaires and pedophiles operate under the same power mindset, and we are learning how true they often are one and the same.

New Free Resource: Social Media x LGBTQ+ Youth I've compiled peer-reviewed research, government data, NGO surveys, investigative reporting, and opinion pieces focused specifically on LGBTQ+ youth and social media

Don’t let Big Tech’s tens of millions in lobbying dollars and billions in bribes convince you that they care about LGBTQ+ youth. 🏳️‍🌈

Social Media and LGBTQ+ Youth Compiled by Kelly Stonelake

These changes appear coordinated with the Trump administration's anti-trans executive orders and align with Project 2025's explicit instruction to delete "sexual orientation and gender identity" from official documents. GLAAD's 2025 Social Media Safety Index gave the top 6 apps failing scores.

Social Media and LGBTQ+ Youth Compiled by Kelly Stonelake

The same companies that have spent tens of millions to convince LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations that regulation is harmful have also unilaterally rolled policies meant to protect these kids. Since January 2025 every major social media platform have rolled back LGBTQ+ protections.

Social Media and LGBTQ+ Youth Compiled by Kelly Stonelake

Because of these misunderstandings, I've compiled peer-reviewed research, government data, NGO surveys, investigative reporting, and opinion pieces focused specifically on LGBTQ+ youth and social media. Sources were included if they document social media’s impact on LGBTQ+ youth (+ and -).

Social Media and LGBTQ+ Youth Compiled by Kelly Stonelake

There are a lot of misunderstandings about the impact of potential social media legislation on vulnerable groups, especially LGBTQ+ youth. (Keep reading in comments)

Journalist goes live as FBI arrests her over Minnesota church protest Georgia Fort said that her children were in her home as FBI agents came to take her into custody

Journalist @georgiafortunato.bsky.social has also been taken into custody along with #donlemon

Here she is filming about her experience inside her home as federal agents wait outside.

This is an attack on journalism, and an attack on Black journalists specifically. This is not America.

Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday post on X that Lemon was arrested alongside three others "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Journalist @donlemonofficial.bsky.social arrested during Minneapolis protest.