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Gambling Addictions And Human Trafficking | Tort Conference 2025 In Las Vegas DAY 1 | MR Live

2025-10-22 News & Politics
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Mass Tort Litigation Focus: Targeting Addictive Digital Design in Gaming, Social Media, and Sports Betting

Discover how plaintiffs' attorneys are suing tech and gambling giants over intentionally manipulative design elements and examine harrowing firsthand accounts of survival from human trafficking victims.

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  • Litigation targets major entities (Microsoft/Roblox, Meta/TikTok, Sports Betting Apps) for designing inherently addictive product features targeting minors.
  • Survivors detail the mechanics of exploitation, emphasizing that vulnerability is often rooted in youth and exposure, not solely pre-existing trauma history.
  • Legal teams push for industry-wide structural changes, arguing that concepts like "user engagement" are euphemisms for addiction.
  • The broadcast reviews current political controversies, linking candidates' platform stances (like supporting universal healthcare) to substantive vetting.

This segment features remote interviews with attorneys from the 2025 Mass Torts Conference in Las Vegas, analyzing complex legal arguments against creators of digital environments and services. The focus centers on holding corporations accountable for designing systems that exploit psychological vulnerabilities, contrasting these corporate decisions with the failures of political leadership in protecting citizens from economic harm.

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FUN HALF: https://youtube.com/live/6UPL9i2de2c?feature=share Emma will be in studio and Sam will be joining us from the Tort conference in Vegas! 10/22/25 The EmMajority Report t-shirts and baseball hat are back for a limited time only at https://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com Watch/Listen to The Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Today's Sponsors: • JUST COFFEE: Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code MAJORITY for 10% off your purchase! • SHOPIFY: Sign up for a $1/month trial period at https://shopify.com/majority Sam is joined by the following lawyers from the Mass Tort Conference in Las Vegas: Julia Gordon from Meadow Law firm discusses her case on video game addiction and the gaming industry’s targeting of children Alicia Tappan from Survivor Led Solutions, a survivor led nonprofit aiming to fill the gap between victims and survivor leaders by empowering their voices, providing leadership and professional development, and giving access to life-long mental health services, tells her harrowing story of surviving human trafficking. Emmy Paulos and Jeff Gaddy from Levin Papantonio discuss their mass tort cases on social media addiction and Roblox being used as a game infested with pedophiles. Yvonne Flaherty from Lockridge Grindal Nauen joins Sam to talk online gambling addiction. IM the show and listen live with the free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ More from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive 0:00:00 - Headlines 0:05:35 - Mike Johnson on Trump's DOJ Claim 0:06:56 - Debunking Trump's Charity Claim 0:07:24 - Trump's Legal Bills and Donor Money 0:08:18 - Trump's White House Ballroom Plan 0:09:18 - Conflict of Interest with Todd Blanche 0:12:40 - Julia Gordon: Video Game Addiction Litigation 0:27:18 - Alicia Tapen: Human Trafficking and Survivor Solutions 1:07:11 - ICE Raid on Canal Street 1:14:39 - Emmy Paulos: Social Media Addiction Litigation 1:26:16 - Jeff Gaddy: Roblox Dangers 1:43:49 - Mallory McMorrow vs Medicare for All 2:01:09 - Graham Platner's Tattoo Controversy 2:05:05 - Andrew Cuomo on Likability 2:11:08 - Cuomo's Personality Crisis 2:12:15 - Yvon Flattery: Sports Betting Addiction Litigation 2:32:09 - Hakeem Jeffries on Extremism 2:34:08 - Rising Healthcare Premiums

Top Comments (10)

@seansjams 2025-10-22

Please clip out that guest that spoke of human trafficking, that is a high value clip for visibility into just how big the problem is with so many bits that help awareness for the issue. Left is best!

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@arcedavida 2025-10-22

Sam sounds so different, what's the real voice?! Lol

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@bookladya 2025-10-22

Alicia Tappan interview was incredible. Please clip. Thank you, Alicia.

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@subgenso6282 2025-10-22

Sam looking sharp...and sounding baritone

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@ClewlessClay 2025-10-23

24:45 as a gamer, I totally agree with this case. The only concern I have is the age verification proposal. In my opinion it should be focused more on removing things like daily sign in bonuses, daily goals, battle passes, and loot boxes. I think this because the age verification is not reliable/safe, and because I think these abusive practices by companies like Epic and Microsoft effect many young adults too.

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@Swarmofrats1 2025-10-23

Some of the torts, particular the "save the kids from addiction" torts seem to push for age verification and internet ID laws which is a privacy and data security nightmare. The means to control what kids can do online already exists. Sure you cant control them while they are away, but a lot of this can be solved with talking to your kids and putting software like linksys on your kids devices.

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@joshuaDstarks 2025-10-22

A wild Sam Seder in his natural environment.

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@annakrall8029 2025-10-22

This second interview is heartbreaking.

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@freddogrosso9835 2025-10-23

Alicia's story is heartbreaking. She deserves a movie.

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@inamansbody 2025-10-23

Thanks for sharing victim stories of human trafficking.

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