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Big Tech Gut Check (week of August 5, 2024)

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The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.


Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:

  • Snapchat's Harmful "Snapchat+" Feature Reaches 11 Million Subscribers 
  • TikTok To Remove Addictive Rewards Program from TikTok Lite in EU (more here)
  • Frank McCourt and Project Liberty Creating "People's Bid" for TikTok (interview with Frank)
  • TikTok Censors Content Served to Americans (more here)
  • Google and Meta Run Secret Ad Campaign Targeting Kids (more here)


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