Forward Kentucky: KY social media lawsuit trust fund would provide resources for kids. “Proposed Kentucky legislation would create a state trust fund for positive youth development programming using future settlement funds from social media company lawsuits.”

Associated Press: Jurors wade through daunting evidence in high-stakes Meta trial about social media risks to children. “A daunting stream of testimony and evidence has been presented in a New Mexico case that explores what the social media conglomerate Meta knew about the effects of its platforms on children.”

Mashable: ChatGPT’s sex-centered adult mode raises red flags at OpenAI. ” The company’s well being advisory council said in a January meeting that they were in unanimous agreement that the company should not move forward with the proposed adult mode, insiders told WSJ. Concerns from psychologists and cognitive scientists had gone ignored, they said, after warning that X-rated chats could foster […]

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Associated Press: What the World Happiness Report reveals about social media and the world’s happiest country. “Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, according to the World Happiness Report 2026 published Thursday.”

Wichita State University: WSU launches Kansas Data Trust to support healthier communities across Kansas . “Wichita State’s Public Policy and Management Center (PPMC) announced today the launch of the Kansas Data Trust, a new statewide, university-based initiative designed to bring data together from multiple sources to better understand issues, understand impact and strengthen evidence to […]

Associated Press: Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury. “After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors heard closing arguments before deciding whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms.”

I get the whole deal with needing to appeal to contributors and being discoverable, but if your truly FOSS or public good project is still on GitHub I will question how "open" or "good" it is.

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