Morning Brew Daily France Wants Social Media Banned for Kids & Gold Shines Past $5,000
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Jan 27, 2026 A landmark legal fight over social platforms and youth safety takes center stage. Gold’s dramatic rally past $5,000 signals a major rush to safe havens. Brands are teasing Super Bowl commercials weeks early, shifting ad strategy. Coworking spaces are quietly resurging as big companies favor flexible satellite offices.
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Fertilizer Ad In A City Apartment
- Toby Howell recounts getting an ad for lawn fertilizer despite living in a New York apartment.
- He uses it to illustrate the need for better ad targeting and LinkedIn's targeting pitch.
Landmark Trial Could Set A Precedent
- Lawsuits accusing Meta, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube of causing teen addiction are piling up ahead of a landmark civil trial in Los Angeles.
- Neil Freeman warns the trial will be a bellwether for thousands of pending cases and corporate liability.
Causation Remains The Legal Hurdle
- The core legal hurdle is proving causation rather than correlation between social media and teen mental health harms.
- Toby Howell notes companies will cite safety investments and scientific limits to causal claims.
