Scrolling 2 Death

Big Tech Gut Check (week of December 9, 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:

  • Lawsuit filed against Google & Character.AI over abusive bots
  • [The Interview] "Chatbots told my son to kill me."
  • [Report] YouTube's Anorexia Algorithm
  • [The Interview] An inside look into the new YouTube Report
  • TikTok asks court to put divest-or-ban law on hold amid Supreme Court appeal
  • TikTok Pays Users to Shop if They Boost App Downloads
  • [The Interview] Project Liberty and Frank McCourts Bid to Buy TikTok
  • Apple Sued for Failing to Remove CSAM
  • Meta Building $10B Data Center in Louisiana


    • Call Speaker Mike Johnson and ask him to pass the Kids Online Safety Act! (202) 225-2777


    ⁠Sign this petition to get Character.AI shut down.⁠


    Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.


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