Varsha Yajman
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If YouTube and Meta are ‘addictive drugs’, bans won't work — regulation will
On March 25th, 2026, a Los Angeles jury handed down a world-first decision, holding Meta, (who own Instagram and Facebook), and YouTube (owned by Google), liable for intentionally building addictive social media platforms.
The decline in democracy: what does it mean for the generations to come?
The stereotypes of democratic decline are rigged elections or daily street chaos. However, Australia’s democratic decline is happening much more quietly, with weakening whistleblower protections and the steady expansion of laws over several years that have made protest riskier than ever.
