YouTube: Goal is not viewership. It's viewer addiction.

This week in The Dispatch: How YouTube execs addicted kids; Big Tech collects billions in new tax breaks; the AI preemption push runs out of friends; and Gen Z has had enough.

Entering A New Era

This week in The Dispatch: A jury finds Meta and Google liable in a landmark verdict; Meta's insurance dries up; as Big Tech reels in court, it's quietly trying to sneak liability shields through state legislatures; and a new poll shows America is souring on AI.

STATEMENT: The Tech Oversight Project Heralds Verdict in Social Media Addiction Trials as an Earthquake for Big Tech

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after a verdict was handed down in the first case in the social media addiction trials. This was the first product liability case to go to trial that any Big Tech company has faced and was brought forward

The Jury Is Asking About Punitive Damages. Read into that.

This week in the Dispatch: A damages question from the jury signals where deliberations could be heading; the AI preemption fight is back and uglier than ever; and Meta's big Illinois spending spree backfires.

Social Media Addiction Bellwether in Jury's Hands, Senate Judiciary Calls out Meta

This week in The Dispatch: The K.G.M. trial awaits a verdict, and Senate Judiciary puts Meta on blast for failing to comply with investigations.

Verdict Watch: Day of Reckoning for Meta, Google Could Come This Week

This week in The Dispatch: Meta whistleblower drops bombshells in court; House Republicans hand tech CEOs a get-out-of-jail-free card; and state lawmakers are fed up with Big Tech's stranglehold on Trump’s D.C

AI Surveillance Becomes a National Issue, New Docs Detail the Addiction Economy

This week in The Dispatch: AI surveillance becomes a national issue and new court docs show how Meta sought to addict teens to win whole households.

Zuck in the Hot Seat, Meta's $65M Election Play

This week in The Dispatch: What Mark Zuckerberg told the court; Meta spends big in elections; NJ steps up on child safety

⚖️ JUDGEMENT DAY: Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Landmark Trial

Welcome back to The Dispatch from The Tech Oversight Project, your weekly updates on all things tech accountability. Follow us on Twitter at @Tech_Oversight and @techoversight.bsky.social on Bluesky. Z-DAY HAS ARRIVED: As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand today in the landmark social media addiction trials, newly unsealed

TOP REPORT: Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can’t Trust His Testimony.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following report on the eve of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in the social media addiction trials. The report analyzes Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2024 against newly unsealed documents that show Zuckerberg lied

TOP-YOUGOV POLL, MICROSITE UPDATE: Survey Shows Near-Universal Support for Holding Google and Meta Accountable Based on Social Media Addiction Trials

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

TOP REPORT: Adam Mosseri Haunted by Past Social Media Addiction Comments, Meta Document Deletion

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project published the following top takeaways from the testimony from Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram and one of Meta’s highest-paid executives, in the social media addiction trials. In his testimony, Mosseri was challenged about his past statements on social media addiction, Meta’s