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- People of the State of California et al. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Complaint
Court Filing · 2023
Attorneys general of California and other plaintiff states
The 233-page complaint alleges that Meta maximized young users’ attention, used manipulative features, misrepresented safety, downplayed harms, and violated COPPA.
- PMDA Review Report: ARCT-154 (Japan, 2023)
Government Record · 2023
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Japan's drug regulator's review of ARCT-154, the first approved self-amplifying (replicon) RNA vaccine.
- PRIME Study: Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (NCT06429735)
Government Record · 2024
Neuralink Corp.; ClinicalTrials.gov sponsor record
The federal clinical trial registry entry for Neuralink's PRIME study.
- Profusa Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 (2026)
Corporate Filing · 2026
Profusa, Inc.
Profusa's 2026 securities filing, which states the company does not have U.S. regulatory approval to sell any of its products.
- Profusa Awarded $1.75M NIH Grant (2016)
Document · 2016
Profusa
Profusa's announcement of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant for its implantable biosensor.
- Profusa Awarded $7.5M DARPA Grant (2016)
Document · 2016
Profusa
Profusa's announcement of a $7.5 million DARPA grant to develop implantable biosensors.
- Protecting Kids Online: Facebook, Instagram, and Mental Health Harm
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
S. Hrg. 117-719 records questioning of Antigone Davis. Senators alleged concealment and growth-over-safety priorities; Davis disputed those characterizations and emphasized research limitations and results favorable to…
- Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Adam Mosseri, witness
Mosseri defended Instagram’s potential benefits and called for industry-wide standards while senators questioned internal research and teen safety.
- Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower
Transcript · 2021
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Frances Haugen testified that Facebook’s products harmed children and that leadership knew how to make them safer. Later questioning characterized the internal research as finding body-image…
- RAND: The Internet of Bodies, Opportunities, Risks, and Governance (2020)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Mary Lee, Benjamin Boudreaux, Ritika Chaturvedi, Sasha Romanosky, and Bryce Downing
RAND's 2020 report defines Internet of Bodies devices as connected devices that collect health or biometric data or can alter how the body functions, from wearables…
- Recess physical activity and school-related social factors in Finnish primary and lower secondary schools: cross-sectional associations
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2014
Henri L. Haapala et al.
The Finnish field study reports usually two to four recesses of 10–15 minutes after 45–90-minute lessons, but expressly says recess length is not nationally regulated.
- Reduced gray matter volume in smartphone addiction: A voxel-based morphometry study
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
J. Horvath et al.
The cross-sectional MRI study compared 22 adults identified with smartphone addiction with 26 controls. Participants were aged 18–30.
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1183: European Digital Identity Framework
Government Record · 2024
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
The EU law creating the European Digital Identity Wallet. It says use of the wallet shall be voluntary and nonusers must not be disadvantaged.
- Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PCLOB describes compelled directives to providers for communications associated with tasked selectors, not unrestricted government access directly into company servers. Section 702 does not require individualized…
- Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Government Record · 2014
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
PCLOB recommended ending the Section 215 bulk telephone-records program, while two members did not favor discontinuation before an adequate alternative existed.
- Review of Selected Los Angeles Police Department Data-Driven Policing Strategies
Government Record · 2019
Los Angeles Police Commission, Office of the Inspector General
The Inspector General describes Palantir as an integration and visualization platform in a critical review of LAPD data-driven policing. It cautions against strong causal conclusions from…
- Rockefeller Foundation: Innovating for a Bold Future (2020)
Document · 2020
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation's own 2020 look back at its 2009 scenario exercise and the Lock Step pandemic scenario.
- Rockefeller Foundation: Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development (2010)
Document · 2010
The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network
The 2010 Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network report containing the Lock Step scenario: a world of tighter top-down government control after a pandemic. The report…
- Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”
News Report · 2017
Mike Allen / Axios
Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.”
- Senate Bill 818, Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed
Government Record · 2008
Missouri General Assembly
The enrolled measure repeals and reenacts provisions including sections 160.261, 565.090, and 565.225 and expands harassment coverage.
- Senate PSI Minority Staff Memorandum: Elon Musk Conflicts (2025)
Government Record · 2025
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Minority Staff
Senate investigators' 2025 memo on Elon Musk's conflicts, including a reported USDA Inspector General investigation into Neuralink's treatment of research animals.
- Senator Markey’s Probe into Amazon Ring Reveals New Privacy Problems
Government Record · 2022
Office of Senator Edward J. Markey
The Senate release reports 11 emergency-request disclosures without device-owner consent in 2022 and 2,161 law-enforcement agencies on Ring’s Neighbors Public Safety Service.
- Short Sleep Duration Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2015
Government Record · 2018
Anne G. Wheaton et al.
Short sleep affected 57.8% of middle-school and 72.7% of high-school students in the analyzed state data. Nine states contributed to the combined middle-school analysis and 30…
- Social Media and Adolescent Health: Highlights
Document · 2023
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The committee nevertheless proposed interim protections and further research. Lack of population-level causal evidence is not evidence that every individual is safe.