By Accident or By Design? Big Tech's War on Your Children

About this episode

Dr. Phil discusses the implications of Big Tech's influence on children with guests who have firsthand experience and legal insights.

The conversation continues. In part two, Dr. Phil goes deeper with Roblox survivor Michael aka “Schlep”... who says he was groomed on Roblox as a child by a platform-promoted developer, his attorney Steven Vanderporten, and trial attorney Mark Lanier, who last week won a landmark $6 million verdict after a Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable for allegedly engineering their platforms to addict children. According to the jury's findings, the companies acted with malice, fraud, and oppression. Today the question gets answered: was this an accident or was it by design? According to internal documents introduced at trial, Meta executives were aware their platforms were allegedly harming children and continued operating anyway. Dr. Phil breaks down what parents need to know right now and what they need to do tonight before their child logs on again. Sponsored by: Dr. Phil uncovers the hidden dangers tied to today’s explosion of at-home injections — from insulin and GLP-1s to life-saving emergency medications. For more information: https://tempramed.com/ Sponsored by: Don’t wait! If you’re on Medicare or will be soon, reach out to Chapter: Call: (352)-845-0659 or go…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Phil

Guest: Michael aka “Schlep”

Topics covered

• Big Tech
• children's safety
• grooming
• addiction
• legal issues
• parenting advice

Keywords

• Roblox
• grooming
• Meta
• YouTube
• addiction
• lawsuit
• children
• parenting
• safety

Sponsors

Tempramed, Chapter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, YouTube

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