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Episode #119
So Meta has just settled a lawsuit with State Attorneys General from many states. They’ll be paying up to $17.1 billion.
The lawsuits against Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and other social media platforms - because of how they have designed addictive platforms - has begun.
I wanted to dive into this because the addictive qualities of social media is something that I have discussed previously here in writing. But today.. I thought a video would be best.
Enjoy. Here are links to some of the topics I discussed. If you hit a paywall, use the Brave browser with filters turned on and - magic! - you’ll be able to read the articles.
➡️ ➡️ The TinCan phone system (https://go.shopmy.us/p-84400768) for kids 👍🏼 🔥
The NYTimes: Meta and YouTube Found Negligent (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/technology/social-media-trial-verdict.html)
Time: Meta downplayed the risks of their platforms (https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/)
ITU: Global phone ownership (https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/)
American Academy of Pediatrics: Smartphone Ownership, Age of Smartphone Acquisition, and Health Outcomes in Early Adolescence (https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/157/1/e2025072941/205716/Smartphone-Ownership-Age-of-Smartphone-Acquisition?redirectedFrom=fulltext?autologincheck=redirected)
Bank My Cell: How many smartphones are there in the world? (https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-in-the-world)
Pew Research Center:
* How Parents Manage Screentime for Their Kids (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/10/08/how-parents-manage-screen-time-for-kids/)
* Americans’ Use of Mobile Tech at Home & Abroad (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/01/31/americans-use-of-mobile-technology-and-home-broadband/)
* Internet use, smartphone ownership & digital divides in the U.S. (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/01/08/internet-use-smartphone-ownership-digital-divides-in-u-s/)
Reddit: Smartphone ownership among teenagers (https://www.reddit.com/r/generationology/comments/1lvf7mh/the_evolution_of_smartphone_ownership_among_us/)
NetNanny.com (https://www.netnanny.com/) - device filters and time restrictions for your kids phones
Learn about cyberbullying and how to respond to it, (https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/cyberbullying#i-am-worried-my-child-may-be-bullying-others) with or without children
Cyberbullying research center: Holding parents responsible for their children’s bullying (https://cyberbullying.org/holding-parents-responsible-for-their-childs-bullying)
Parents Being Held Responsible for their children’s cyber-bullying
* Justia Legal Center (https://www.justia.com/child-safety/online-safety/cyberbullying-of-children/)
* Alliant Law Firm (https://alliantprivateclient.com/articles/the-risks-parents-face-when-their-child-bullies/)
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19 Mar 2026
Episode #118: Spring Cleaning, Part I
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Most of us forget, digital spring cleaning when this time of year rolls around. Don't be one of those people this year! Join me today for a look on how to clean up your digital ecosystems.
28 Feb 2026
Episode #117 - The Scams Are Coming. Still.
I can’t stress this enough. The tool that allowed me to be able to make the heart of today’s episode is 33Mail (http://33mail.com/38drRZ3).
Even though you always find a recommendation for them in my footers, please: use them. It’s the email anonymizer tool that I use when subscribing to anything. ONLY use email addresses you create via 33mail, not your own “normal” email, to help track, prevent, and then block SPAM.
Here’s how:
* Sign up for 33Mail (http://33mail.com/38drRZ3) using my affiliate link (thanks for that, BTW)
* Create a username/email suffix. For example: SeahawksWin
* Your new user name will now appear in ANY new email address that you create using 33mail: @SeahawksWin.33mail.com
* Now, whenever you sign up for a service - like NordVPN (https://go.nordvpn.net/SH3K1) for example, another service I can’t live without - use a 33mail email address and add the alias “NordVPN” to the beginning. Thus your new email address will be: NordVPN@SeahawksWin.33mail.com
This is, obviously, a new way to think about email.
* Before, you RECEIVED one email address from companies like Google or Comcast or Yahoo. You then used that email for, well: everything.
* Now, YOU, not those companies create your own new email addresses whenever you need them. Create and use as many as you like.
➡️ My advice: add the name of the service to which you’re subscribing - NordVPN in our example - into the email address that you’ll create for yourself on 33mail.com
Then, if any spam should ever come to you from the email address NordVPN@SeahawksWin.33mail.com you’ve got two HUGE advantages:
* You’ll instantly know which platform the spam came from, something that’s excellent for conclusively reporting back to that platform.
* Stopping the spam only requires ONE CLICK to permanently stop it. Even better, that one click is right in the email itself, at the very top. Just click that and… ALL EMAILS from that provider is gone. Forever.
For a deeper dive on this most favorite platform of mine, head over to Episode #3: (https://www.technologytalk.net/p/ep-3-a-new-strategy-for-email)
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