Call It Like I See It

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the settlement of a landmark federal child safety lawsuit involving Meta, Facebook and Instagram, discuss the use of the judicial branch to regulate business out destructive behavior, and consider whether this is something that can make a meaningful difference in how young people engage with social media. Time limits and a midnight cutoff: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, but critics say not enough (AP News) Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial (NPR) Settlement Wins Against Big Tech Should Underwrite Digital Resilience Funds (Federation of American Scientists) Truth (anti-tobacco campaign) (Wikipedia)

Excerpt from the episode "Are Prediction Markets Built for Insider Information and Sucker Bets?" (https://callitlikeiseeit.com/are-prediction-markets-built-for-insider-information-and-sucker-bets) In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discussed the story of the US soldier that is being charged for using confidential insider information to win bets about the capture of Maduro on the prediction market platform Polymarket and considered the risks that society faces as prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be turning the whole world into a casino. https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/04/24/soldier-charged-with-using-classified-intel-on-maduro-raid-to-win-400000-on-polymarket/ https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/kalshi-ceo-outlines-the-difference-between-prediction-markets-and-sportsbooks https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/04/24/u-s-cftc-adds-new-york-to-string-of-states-its-suing-to-stop-prediction-market-pushback https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-blocks-prediction-platforms-tightens-rules-curb-bet-like-products-2026-04-24/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-investor-warns-sports-prediction-113038136.html #predictionmarkets #gambling #society #sportsbooks #podcastclips

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss how the Lindsay Clancy case, which involves a mother killing her three young children and appearing to try to take her own life after having taken many psychiatric drugs over several months while under the care of doctors, exposes some significant faultlines in how our society organizes itself and in how our legal system holds people and companies accountable for their personal and professional actions. Why the Lindsay Clancy Case Is Dividing Americans (NY Times) Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children but her trial questions her sanity. The internet is buzzing with theories (The Independent) How Lindsay Clancy sought help before she killed her three children (NBC News) Lindsay Clancy admits to killing their children. So why is there an online groundswell blaming her ex-husband? (CNN)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at a recent analysis done by Public Citizen that looked at the connection between political donations by corporations and their tax liability as well as recent reports about how much Google co-founder Sergey Brin spent to try to defeat a one-time wealth tax in California, and then consider the extent to which the huge sums of money being spent by billionaires and corporations in political donations are simply return on investment vehicles.  The guys then discuss the increasing sums of money going into politics may eventually make it impossible to run the government of the people, by the people and for the people. Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight the billionaire tax (Tech Crunch) Corporate Tax Dodgers’ Lobbying and Political Spending Records Reveal ‘Self-Reinforcing Loop’ (Public Citizen) Wealthy Donors See Returns in House Budget Overhaul (Brennan Center for Justice)

Excerpt from the episode "Why a Political System Goes from Order to Disorder, and the Reason 'the Why' Matters."  In that episode, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana considered whether what feels like rising disorder America’s political and legal system is actually the result of entropy, as understood in a physics sense, and discussed what this means for people who value things like representative government and rule of law. https://impartialspectator.substack.com/p/the-entropy-of-power #politicalanalysis #disorder #authoritarianism #podcast #entropy #podcastclips