Every legal and factual claim on this site traces to a source. These are the ledgers where that tracing lives: one per lawsuit and per hearing, each claim tagged by the strength of its evidence, published in full so the work is auditable. The lawsuit case files and the hearings hub are the readable narratives; these are the raw record behind them.
the lawsuits
One evidence ledger per proceeding, tiered against the court record and official releases.
- MDL 3047 (the federal case)Thousands of youth-harm suits against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap sit in one federal court; the states' claims head to an August 2026 trial against Meta.
- K.G.M. and the California bellwethersCalifornia's first test verdict hit Meta and Google for $6 million over addictive app design; both are appealing, and a second trial starts July 27, 2026.
- State of New Mexico v. MetaNew Mexico won a $375 million jury verdict against Meta over child safety; a judge is now weighing $953 million more plus court-ordered design changes.
the hearings
One ledger per hearing, each with the full, verbatim, attributed quote-bank (not just the curated selection on the hub). Two are flagged tier-downs, built from written testimony until the official transcript publishes.
- Nov 2023: the Bejar hearingIn 2023 former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar told the Senate the company measured the harm to kids, knew the numbers, and repeatedly chose not to act.
- Jan 2024: the five-CEO hearingIn 2024 five social-media CEOs faced the Senate on child safety; senators pressed on opt-out defaults, unmeasured tools, and the Section 230 liability shield.
- May 2026: the verdicts hearingtier-downIn 2026 lawyer Rachel Lanier showed the Senate internal Meta and Google documents: an addiction goal, and an under-13 rule called indefensible inside Meta.
- Dec 2025: the legislative hearingtier-downIn 2025 a House hearing weighed child-safety bills like KOSA; four witnesses agreed kids are harmed but split on design mandates, privacy law, and free speech.