Friday, March 6, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses Instagram and YouTube on trial for its harms in LA court, and he answers questions about gambling on Jesus’s return, freedom of religion and Islam, right and wrong uses of A.I., and preparing children for the stress of the world.
Part I (00:13 – 09:00)
The Pattern of Social Media Harm on Trial: LA Court Hears Testimony on How YouTube and Instagram are Dangerous, Particularly to Young Women
- Women gasp, men yawn and laugh at landmark L.A. social media addiction trial by LA Times (Sonja Sharp and Sandra McDonald)
Is It Wrong for Christians to Bet on Jesus to Return Before 2027? — Dr. Mohler Responds to a Letter From a 16-Year-Old Listener of The Briefing
Part III (12:30 – 16:28)
Should Freedom of Religion Include Islam? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part IV (16:28 – 21:42)
How Do We Decide When It is Right to Use A.I.? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
Part V (21:42 – 26:06)
How Do I Balance the Stress of the News of the World with the Stress of Being a Mother? — Dr. Mohler Responds to Letters From Listeners of The Briefing
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, March 6, 2026. I'm Albert Moller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:13.4 | I am currently in the Los Angeles area, and there is a big drama unfolding in a courtroom in downtown L.A. |
| 0:20.4 | It has to do with the big trial over social media |
| 0:23.7 | and whether or not social media are inflicting harm in particular on young people in terms of |
| 0:29.5 | body image and all the rest. So this is a big trial. It's attracting a lot of attention because this is |
| 0:34.6 | the first big case, the first big trial in which you have major |
| 0:39.2 | social media figures, the heads of some of the biggest platforms having to testify along |
| 0:43.7 | with others on their staff in this central question. So, for example, the headline story in the |
| 0:48.9 | Los Angeles Times tells us, quote, ladies of the jury dabbed to their eyes, sniffling as the |
| 0:53.8 | 20-year-old on the witness stand, |
| 0:55.4 | described the hours she spent trying to fix her face before appearing in court that morning. |
| 1:00.0 | Her view of herself irreparably warped by what she characterized as a decade of addiction to YouTube |
| 1:04.8 | and Instagram. The young woman who goes by the name Kaylee in court said, quote, whenever I got a |
| 1:10.3 | bunch of likes, I was really happy, |
| 1:11.6 | and it made me feel really good about myself. She went on to say, if I didn't, I would feel |
| 1:15.9 | insecure like I looked ugly, end quote. Now, we are told that some members of the jury wept openly |
| 1:22.6 | given the testimony. It must have been heart-wrenching testimony. This young woman spoke of the fact |
| 1:27.3 | that she came to despise herself because she had based her self-image. She had based her basic likability and her worth as a human being upon how persons responded to her on social media. And again, in particular, the platforms at stake here are YouTube and Instagram. |
| 1:44.7 | The LA Times article tells us, quote, Kaylee's lawsuit is a test case chosen from among |
| 1:50.1 | hundreds, alleging that social media apps were designed to snare young kids and keep them hooked. |
| 1:56.4 | But the story tells us, quote, it's her Los Angeles jury that will set the stakes for thousands of suits still to come, |
| 2:02.4 | making this one of the corporate world's most closely watched legal battles. Next paragraph, quote, |
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