The 1997 UCLA schizophrenia study and a coordinated effort by social media platforms to promote Targeted Individual (TI) beliefs about neuroweapons differ markedly in design, intention, and ethical transgressions. The UCLA study, led by Keith Nuechterlein and Michael Gitlin, involved the removal of antipsychotic medication from individuals with schizophrenia in order to observe relapse patterns. The consequences were severe: Antonio Lamadrid died by suicide, and Gregory Aller experienced profound psychiatric decline. Families pursued legal action, but their case collapsed when their attorney withdrew and the judge denied a request for additional time. Federal investigators later cited UCLA for inadequate consent protocols, emphasizing that the forms failed to communicate the full extent of risk. Researchers claimed they had issued verbal warnings, but this did not satisfy regulatory standards. In contrast, social media platforms have orchestrated a far more insidious and calculated project: the deliberate reinforcement of TI belief systems that center on neuroweapons, such as brain-targeting technologies and synthetic telepathy. This is not research conducted within institutional boundaries but a sprawling digital infrastructure engineered to exploit vulnerable populations. Algorithms are tuned to amplify TI-related content—posts, videos, and group activity that affirm feelings of persecution—while suppressing narratives that promote critical distance or psychological stability. Users are systematically steered into feedback loops that deepen paranoia and destabilize cognition. Unlike the UCLA case, where harm emerged from negligence and insufficient oversight, this operation constitutes an intentional manipulation of fragile minds. Psychosis is not an unintended outcome but a core component of the design, instrumentalized to drive engagement, compliance, or data extraction. The structure resembles a digital panopticon—an omnipresent surveillance architecture that simulates the conditions of being watched and targeted. In this context, the platforms themselves function as neuroweapons: not metaphors, but active agents in the production and escalation of persecutory delusions. Where UCLA’s misconduct was rooted in flawed consent and reckless methodology, the current paradigm reflects a deliberate conversion of psychological vulnerability into operational leverage.