Is Social Media Addicting Us on Purpose? DOGE AI Brainrot, Iran, and Joe Rogan Betrayed by Trump

Is social media actually designed to hook us? And who's legally responsible if it is? Journalist and author Fortesa Latifi joins to break down the landmark Section 230 trial, the dark reality of family vlogger culture, and what influencers told her on the record about monetizing their kids' worst moments. Her book Like, Follow Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online is out April 7th.

Plus: DOGE staffers couldn't define DEI under oath, because they used ChatGPT to cut over 1,400 humanities grants, including funding for a Holocaust documentary. We break it all down. Also: Iran cyber threats, why Joe Rogan feels betrayed by Trump, and Katherine Heigl's Mar-a-Lago moment.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Cold Open Banter

00:33 Today’s Rundown Preview

01:29 COVID Anniversary Memories

02:04 Patient Zero and Swine Flu

05:14 Iran Cyber and Oscar Threats

07:46 Rogan Feels Betrayed

11:51 Doge Bros and ChatGPT Cuts

13:39 Deposition Clip DEI Confusion

17:58 Katherine Heigl at Mar-a-Lago

21:34 Introducing Fortessa Latif

23:41 COVID Fueled Creator Boom

24:24 Mom Influencers vs Family Vlogs

25:23 Exploitation Backlash and Views

28:26 Adoption and Political Pipelines

32:45 Who Watches and What Comes Next

 

 

Topics: social media addiction, Section 230, family vloggers, kids and social media, DOGE cuts, ChatGPT in government, Joe Rogan Trump, Iran cyber attack, current events, politics explained