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- Attitudinal Effects of Mere Exposure
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1968
Robert B. Zajonc
Robert Zajonc's 1968 study, the origin of the "mere exposure effect": simply seeing something over and over makes people like it more.
- Behavioral Study of Obedience
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1963
Stanley Milgram
Twenty-six of 40 participants, or 65%, reached the 450-volt maximum in this reported condition. Fourteen broke off earlier; the result should not be generalized uncritically to…
- Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis
Transcript · 2024
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Senator Hawley cited self-reports of 37% unwanted nudity exposure, 24% unwanted sexual advances, and 17% self-harm content among girls aged 13–15. Zuckerberg disputed Hawley’s broader characterization…
- Bringing Dark Patterns to Light
Government Record · 2022
Federal Trade Commission staff
The staff report discusses design practices that induce false beliefs, hide or delay material information, impose unauthorized charges, or obscure privacy choices.
- Cardiometabolic Risk of Second-Generation Antipsychotic Medications During First-Time Use in Children and Adolescents (2009)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2009
Christoph U. Correll et al.
In the nonrandomized SATIETY cohort, median 10.8-week weight gains were 8.5 kg for olanzapine, 6.1 kg for quetiapine, 5.3 kg for risperidone, 4.4 kg for aripiprazole,…
- Carpenter v. United States, 585 U.S. 296
Court Filing · 2018
Supreme Court of the United States
The Court held acquisition of seven days or more of historical cell-site location information was a Fourth Amendment search generally requiring a warrant. It expressly did…
- Changes in American Children’s Time, 1997–2003
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2009
Sandra L. Hofferth
For 1997–2003, Hofferth reports declines in outdoor participation and time, but playing participation for ages 6–8 was 93% in 1997 and 94% in 2003.
- Class Suicidality Labeling Language for Antidepressants (2005)
Government Record · 2005
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA’s class labeling states the pediatric suicidality warning and its basis: 24 short-term trials of nine antidepressants in more than 4,400 pediatric patients, with average risk…
- Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief, United States v. Ring LLC
Court Filing · 2023
Federal Trade Commission
The complaint alleges overly broad employee and contractor access and security failures, including compromises affecting more than 55,000 U.S. customers.
- Computer & Communications Industry Association v. Uthmeier, No. 25-11881
Court Filing · 2026
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Eleventh Circuit found associational standing, rejected Younger abstention, held HB 3 likely content-neutral and likely to satisfy intermediate scrutiny, and rejected the facial challenge.
- Congressional Record Daily Digest, July 30, 2024
Government Record · 2024
U.S. Congress
The Senate passed the combined S.2073 Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act by 91–3. The measure did not become law. The earlier S.1409 likewise did not…
- Consumer-Directed Broadcast Advertisements: Guidance for Industry (1999)
Government Record · 1999
Food and Drug Administration
The final August 1999 guidance explained how broadcast advertisements could satisfy the adequate-provision requirement. It is guidance, not a statute or regulation.
- Data on ADHD in Children (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC reports the latest NSCH current-ADHD estimate: about 7 million, or 11.7%, of U.S. children aged 3–17 in 2024. The page does not estimate that half…
- Department of Homeland Security—Application of an Appropriations Act Prohibition and the Antideficiency Act to the Disinformation Governance Board, B-334308
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Government Accountability Office
GAO concluded that DHS lacked statutory authority to create the Board and violated section 513 and the Antideficiency Act when the Secretary signed the charter. The…
- Department of Justice Weaponization Working Group Report
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Department of Justice
The report reproduces Attorney General Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum and criticizes the 2021 process. The memorandum distinguishes protected debate from threats and intimidation.
- Department of Labor: Registered Apprenticeship National Results, FY 2021
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Department of Labor: 593,690 active registered apprentices at the end of 2021, up from 442,386 in 2008.
- Determination on Serious Professional Misconduct and Sanction: Dr Andrew Jeremy Wakefield
Document · 2010
GMC Fitness to Practise Panel
Following its findings, the GMC panel determined that Wakefield had engaged in serious professional misconduct and directed erasure from the medical register.
- DHS Disinformation Governance Board Charter (signed charter within Senate document production)
Government Record · 2022
Department of Homeland Security; signed by Alejandro N. Mayorkas
The signed charter created a coordinating and governance body; DHS components retained operational response roles. The accompanying DHS response says the Board had no operational mandate…
- Dispatch 1035-960: Countering Criticism of the Warren Report
Government Record · 1967
Central Intelligence Agency, Chief of CA Staff
The dispatch directs assets to counter and discredit Warren Report critics and recommends book reviews and feature articles. It does not establish that CIA coined conspiracy…
- Dr. Leon Eisenberg: ADHD Is a “Fictitious Disease”? (2014)
News Report · 2014
David Mikkelson / Snopes
Snopes reports that the interview occurred in 2009, seven months before Eisenberg died, and that his point concerned overestimated genetic predisposition and underexamined psychosocial causes. It…
- Draft Guidance for Industry; Consumer-Directed Broadcast Advertisements; Availability (1997)
Government Record · 1997
Food and Drug Administration
FDA announced the draft approach in August 1997 and requested comments. The notice grounded it in existing advertising law and regulations.
- Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers (DANMASK-19)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2020
Henning Bundgaard et al.
The trial did not find a statistically significant personal protective effect from adding a mask recommendation; confidence intervals were compatible with meaningful benefit or harm. Limitations…
- Efficacy of paroxetine in the treatment of adolescent major depression: a randomized, controlled trial (2001)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2001
Martin B. Keller et al.
Keller et al. reported an eight-week double-blind randomized trial of 275 adolescents and concluded that paroxetine was generally well tolerated and effective. Adverse-effect withdrawal rates were…
- Elsevier Announces Article Retraction from Journal Food and Chemical Toxicology
Document · 2013
Elsevier / Food and Chemical Toxicology
The announcement reproduces the journal’s retraction statement: the results were inconclusive because of sample size and rat-strain limitations, but the editor found no evidence of fraud…