Why Trump's #TikTok deal should be fought. Greater surveillance, less privacy, more power for Meta, Google & other AI/BigTech giants & expanded partisan control of US media. techpolicy.press/trumps-tiktok-…

The Trump Adm TikTok deal sanctions the U.S. commercial surveillance manipulative business model of digital media that continues to undermine democracy, including privacy. TikTok, Google, Meta & most other digital data & ad-supported operations largely operate in similar ways,

Public health & other safeguards needed as Gen AI further pushes food/beverage marketing. Instacart, Uber, DoorDash bringing food delivery to ChatGPT grocerydive.com/news/chatgpt-i… via @grocerydive

If the US had a working #FTC & #CFPB, it would be sounding consumer protection alarm on Walmart+OpenAI partnership to deliver "Through AI-first shopping, the retail experience shifts from reactive to proactive as it learns, plans and predicts, helping customers anticipate their

Florida is accusing Roku of selling detailed info on kids to Kochava, the data broker battling FTC over rampant privacy abuses. This follows a similar suit by Michigan’s AG. With progress against broker abuses stalling under Andrew Ferguson, it’s great to see states stepping up.

With US #privacy, #consumerprotection & #antitrust agencies sidelined, Big Data+AI+commercial surveillance marketing giants combine forces. Global regulators/advocates take note: bit.ly/478nPNL

"The collaboration aims to revolutionise how brands approach integrated creative, production, media, experience and commerce, enabling real-time personalisation for millions of customers simultaneously, and moving beyond traditional efficiency initiatives to unlock

Trump Adm. #FTC #CFPB should be protecting U.S. consumers & their $ in GenAI agentic payment & marketing era. We have no confidence they are addressing the multiple problems with Gen AI and the public. Global/state regulators should address: See: bit.ly/4hboNNK;

Loyalty programs promise deals. But behind the points and perks, many have become powerful data-harvesting machines. Samuel Levine and I published a new joint report: The Loyalty Trap cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-cont… Vanderbilt Law UCB Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice

The Trump FTC is afraid. wired.com/story/ftc-remo…

The sale of Warner/Discovery/CNN should set off alarms--& it's example of how structural failures in US to regulate older & digital media led us to many of the threats to democracy we face. Many issues, inc. potential for TikTok, Paramount/CBS, Warner/CNN combine.

The unchecked expansion of Amazon/AWS globally--fueling more & more AI driven applications via multiple partnerships--illustrates failure to regulate privacy, competition, AI. Also part of growing digital colonialism where US digital giants reap profits & power from a 21st data

AI browsers--commercial surveillance via GenAI. Regulators & advocates should address agentic AI search, data gathering, ad delivery & marketing systems that can threaten privacy, financial security, health & consumer protection. bit.ly/3L0q9yV

So called tech innovation from many of your member/partners has brought unprecedented commercial surveillance, lost of privacy, undermining of democratic structures/norms, environmental, human rights threats, more. Now their role in GenAI hastening crisis in all above, worldwide.

It's also creating U.S. led digital colonialism worldwide.

OpenAI has sent a legal request to the family of Adam Raine, the 16yo who died by suicide following lengthy chats with ChatGPT, asking for a full attendee list to his memorial, as well as photos taken or eulogies given. His lawyers told the FT this was "intentional harassment"

Shame on Hollywood Unions & those concerned about democracy in US. Speak out against Warner/Discovery/CNN sale, esp to Paramount/Skydance (which will have TikTok too!). #WGA esp should stand up here. Springsteen, Elizabeth Warren & the Last Populists in Hollywood

Meta’s AI practices expand the co’s threats to our privacy. Zuckerberg feels he can act without any federal accountability. Is there still a FTC? Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy nytimes.com/2025/10/23/tec… via @NYTimes

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