This week on the New World Next Week: parents are teaching children how to bypass the new Australian social media ban; Netflix and Paramount duke it out for control of Warner Bros.; and the new US National Security Strategy changes up the grand chessboard.
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Story #1: Millions Of Children, Teens Lose Access To Digital Woobie 😭
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Ireland Plants Flag For Child Online Safety As It Prepares to Assume EU Presidency; Age Assurance For Porn, Social Media On the Table But Big Tech Ties Factor In
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Ofcom Wants To Double Down On File Monitoring In 2026
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Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/social-media-children-adhd
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Researchers Concerned to Find That Five-Year-Olds Are Already Deeply Hooked on Brain Rot Content; “This research is deeply alarming.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/social-media-children-brain-rot
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The first full year that Florida’s in-school cellphone ban was in effect, student test scores went up by as much as 10% of a standard deviation.
Story #2: Cinemas On Edge – Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal Sparks Concern For Theatrical Industry
https://screenrealm.com/netflix-warner-bros-deal-theatrical-future-cinemas-news/
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The Directors Guild of America, led by president Christopher Nolan, plans to meet with Netflix to address major concerns regarding the streamer’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
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Netflix, Paramount Lock Horns In Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition Saga
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Press Release: Netflix To Acquire Warner Bros. Following The Separation Of Discovery Global For A Total Enterprise Value Of $82.7 Billion
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Netflix Faces Consumer Class-Action Lawsuit Over $72B Warner Bros Deal; Lawsuit Argues That Proposed Deal Threatens To Reduce Competition In US Subscription Video-On-Demand Market
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/09/netflix-consumer-lawsuit-warner-bros-deal
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Teachable Moment: Will The Digital Control Grid Inevitably Fail, Or Is It Already Here?
https://libresolutionsnetwork.substack.com/p/teachable-digital-prison
Story #3: New National Security Strategy – A Stunning Departure, Yet Full Of Contradictions
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PDF: National Security Strategy of the United States of America November 2025
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
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Monroe Doctrine
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World Risks “Disintegration Of The International Order” As Macron Fails To Woo Xi Into Pressuring Putin
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Trump Says US Forces Seized Oil Tanker Off Coast Of Venezuela In Latest Escalation
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Trump Ally Japan Erupts Against New US Military Base | ‘Won’t Let Okinawa Turn Into Battlefield’
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