Big News on Big Tech — Plus Defending Life, Fighting Assisted Suicide, and More Stories from the Week

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Here’s a quick recap of the week’s top stories from Family Council and our friends:

From Family Council

Homeschool Surge Continues in Arkansas. In 2016, there were 19,520 homeschoolers across the state. Today, that number has more than doubled. Keep Reading.

U.S. Sen. Cotton Praises Pregnancy Resource Center for “Doing the Lord’s Work,” Building Strong Families. Last week, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas posted a video at the New Beginnings Pregnancy Center in Saline County, praising the center and saying, “They’re doing the Lord’s work for young moms and dads and babies, helping to turn them into strong families.” Cotton said protecting the unborn is one of his top priorities in the U.S. Senate. Keep Reading.

Meta Settles Teen Social Media Addiction Lawsuits for $17 Billion. If approved in court, Arkansas would receive nearly $172.5 million. Keep Reading.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Files Lawsuit Similar to Arkansas’ Against TikTok. The lawsuit is similar to a pair of consumer protection lawsuits Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed in 2023. Keep Reading.

Chinese-Backed Temu has Until End of this Week to Respond to A.G. Griffin’s Deceptive Trade Allegations. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin sued Temu in 2024, alleging Temu uses bargain pricing as a lure so the company can secretly harvest users’ private information. Keep Reading.

U.S. Senators Ask TikTok to Answer for its “Depraved” Safety Experiment. Two U.S. senators are demanding answers from TikTok over a “depraved” experiment it ran that involved secretly withholding a safety feature from millions of users — including children — on its platform. Keep Reading.

Reinventing the Sabbath: Guest Column. A recent article by science writer Elizabeth Svoboda at the Wall Street Journal argued that an occasional 24-hour break is good for mind and body. As she wrote: Keep Reading.

News Report Shows How Legalizing Marijuana Fails to Stop the Black Market. WXYZ-TV News in Detroit reported last week that police raided a gas station accused of selling tobacco and marijuana to minors. Nationwide, states like Michigan have legalized marijuana to varying degrees, and federal regulators have eased restrictions on the drug. But while policymakers push for more marijuana, pundits continue to raise concerns about legalization’s unintended consequences. Keep Reading.

Colorado’s Assisted Suicide Reports Show Incomplete Medical Data, Lack of Mental Health Evaluations. Public health data from Colorado shows that patients approved for assisted suicide likely are not being screened by mental health experts, and the assisted suicide reports that doctors submit to the State are sometimes incomplete. Keep Reading.