Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri denied that social media use amounts to clinical addiction while testifying in a landmark California trial against Meta and YouTube. The case, centred on allegations that platforms knowingly hooked children for profit, could set a major legal precedent for similar lawsuits across the US

Bhumi Pednekar criticised today’s film criticism culture, saying everyone has become a critic without deep cinematic understanding. She lamented the obsession with opening numbers, harsh social media discourse, and PR-driven narratives, adding that smaller, word-of-mouth films are losing the opportunity to grow