ICE at Airports, School Shooting Convictions, and Ruling Against Meta
The Bulletin
How app features drive addiction
Frances explains algorithms, notifications, autoplay, and infinite scroll and their role in engagement and harm.
This week, President Trump posted on Truth Social that more ICE agents will be present at airports to address the long waits caused by the Department of Homeland Security partial shutdown. Elizabeth Neumann and Harvest Prude join us to discuss this and the ramifications of the shutdown. Then, a Georgia jury convicts a parent whose son murdered multiple people in a school shooting of second degree murder. Shooting survivor Taylor Schumann and breaking news reporter Jack Panyard help us understand these new prosecution strategies. Finally, a Los Angeles court ruled that Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are knowingly creating products that cause addiction and harm to children. Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen and parent technology coach Krista Boen join to share about these technologies and the implications for families.
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- Stop Being Anxious About Your Anxiety - Russell Moore
ABOUT THE GUESTS:
Elizabeth Neumann is a national security expert who has served across three presidential administrations: on the inaugural staff of the White House Homeland Security Council under President George W. Bush, as an advisor to the office of the director of national intelligence during the Obama Administration, and as the Department of Homeland Security’s deputy chief of staff and assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention in the first Trump administration. Neumann is also a national security contributor for ABC News.
Harvest Prude is Christianity Today’s national political correspondent and a congressional reporter based in Washington, DC. She is a former reporter for The Dispatch and World, having served there as political reporter for their Washington bureau.
Taylor Schumann is a writer, activist, and survivor of the shooting at New River Community College in Christianburg, Virginia in 2013. She wrote the book When Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough.
Jack Panyard is a multimedia journalist covering breaking news, courts, crime, politics, education, and health for LNP and Lancaster Online. He has reported on Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes in the podcast Broken: Jeffrey Epstein.
Frances Haugen is an advocate for accountability & transparency in social media. In 2021 after becoming alarmed by the choices Facebook was making to prioritize their own profits over public safety, she disclosed tens of thousands of Facebook's internal documents to the SEC and The Wall Street Journal. Since then she has testified in front of Congress and has engaged with lawmakers internationally on how to best address the negatives of social media platforms.
Krista Boan is the co-founder of Screen Sanity, an international non-profit that equips families and communities to maximize technology's benefits while minimizing negative side effects. Her upcoming release, Tidbits of Truth About Social Media and You, offers middle school girls a calm, trusted roadmap to understand social media's hidden dangers -- before they experience them firsthand.
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The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor-at-large and columnist) and Mike Cosper (senior contributor). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.
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