Meta Settled in Eight Days. Here's What It Actually Agreed To
Eight days into a trial I told you would run six to eight weeks, Meta settled with the states.Here is the sentence almost every headline dropped three words from: Meta agreed to pay at least $12.1 bil...
1 Sep 15min
The Scariest Number in Child Safety Was Wrong
Fourth straight week with no new viral challenge and no new slang — so this episode is about a courtroom and a number.On Tuesday, August 18, opening statements began in Oakland federal court in the mu...
25 Aug 15min
The Number Everyone Is Quoting Wrong — And What 137 Reports a Day Actually Means
Twenty-nine states began picking a jury against Meta this week in Oakland — and a New Mexico judge had already ordered the company to pay $567 million days earlier. But the most useful thing in this e...
18 Aug 15min
No New Challenge. No New Slang. Three Courtrooms Instead.
No viral challenge this week. No new slang. What there was instead is three courtrooms — a state trial, a federal bellwether, and a brand-new wrongful-death suit — all arguing the same question: not w...
10 Aug 11min
The TikTok Challenge Police Keep Warning You About Doesn't Exist
Police departments in three states warned parents about a TikTok challenge this week. Reporters who went looking for it couldn't find a single video. Meanwhile two governments did something genuinely ...
31 Jul 13min
Twitch & Threads Just Gave Parents Real Controls (And the FBI Gave a Warning)
Twitch and Threads both shipped parental controls on the same day this week — but there's a catch in how they're switched on that almost every headline missed. Meanwhile, an ICAC task force commander ...
31 Jul 10min
The App on Your Teen's Phone That Looks Like a Calculator (And Isn't)
There's a calculator on your teen's phone that does math, looks completely normal — and swings open into a hidden vault of photos and messages the second they type a secret code. This week's Tech Rada...
23 Jul 7min
"They Kicked a Stranger's Door at Midnight for Clout" — The Viral Prank Getting Kids Shot
Kids are sprinting up to strangers' homes and kicking in the front door at midnight for a viral clip— and in one prior wave of this exact challenge, an 11-year-old was shot dead. This week's Tech Rada...
13 Jul 8min
