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Big Tech On Trial Digest: 1/27/26
Daily Recap: TikTok, a secondary defendant, settled with plaintiff K.G.M., the first bellwether case in the social media addiction trials Jury selection (ongoing) Talking Points: From the outset, the first bellwether case was primarily aimed at the reckless and dangerous product designs Google and Meta have pushed on children and teens across the country to […]
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Tech Oversight Project Statement on TikTok Settlement in Upcoming Social Media Addiction Bellwether Case
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement on news that TikTok settled its first case in the upcoming social media addiction trials. Per news reports, similar claims against Meta’s Facebook and Instagram and Google’s YouTube will proceed as scheduled for now. Terms of the proposed settlement have not been disclosed. “Yesterday, […]
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TECH OVERSIGHT REPORT: UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW TEEN ADDICTION WAS BIG TECH’S “TOP PRIORITY”
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published a new report spotlighting newly unsealed documents in the 2026 social media addiction trials. The documents provide smoking-gun evidence […]
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Tech Oversight Project/Morning Consult Poll: Majority of Americans Question Trump’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tech
By a two-to-one margin, voters believe the Trump Administration is too close to Big Tech View the poll here WASHINGTON, DC — Today, The Tech Oversight Project released a nationwide survey conducted by Morning Consult showing that an overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned by President Trump’s cozy relationship with Big Tech companies like Google, […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Slams Launch of ChatGPT Health, Amid OpenAI Product Liability Lawsuits Leading to Suicide and Murder
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 Sam Altman’s watch, ChatGPT drove minors to suicidal ideation, coached them through how to take their own lives, and dissuaded them from seeking medical […]
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The Tech Oversight Project Applauds the RAISE Act’s Victory Over Big Tech AI Bullying
The Tech Oversight Project today applauded the signature into law of the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act (S6953/A6453A), the landmark AI bill the organization has supported throughout this year’s session, and congratulated bill authors New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Alex Bores for successfully standing up to Big Tech: “Parents across […]
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ICYMI: New York Parents, Young People Mount Final Push for Gov. Hochul to Sign A.I. Safety Law – Not Water It Down
Calls for RAISE Act protections passed by Legislature grow louder amid blistering last-minute Big Tech attacks “As Big Tech floods New York with lobbying and political attacks in a desperate bid to kill basic A.I. safety protections, parents and young people across the state are standing firm in urging Governor Hochul to sign the […]
