Wow: The Guardian says it’s no longer posting on X “We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere” theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Major big tech antitrust news: The FTC's case to break up Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is headed to trial. The case was filed in December 2020, and the FTC just cleared its final hurdle, nearly 4 years in.

Tech platforms, especially Meta, facilitate and monetize child sexual abuse. Multiple lawsuits continue to expose their abhorrent business practices. What's it going to take for Big Tech to protect vulnerable users over profit? nytimes.com/2024/11/10/us/…

❗️EU Commission fines Meta close to 800 million euros for abusing the dominant position of Facebook to boost its Facebook Marketplace product: "all Facebook users automatically have access and get regularly exposed to Facebook Marketplace whether they want it or not"

Elon Musk spent at least $130 MILLION on Trump’s campaign. Since the election, Tesla's stock skyrocketed over 39% & Musk's net worth rose by $70 billion. The election was a strategic investment. He's in line to earn potentially billions from new government contracts.

Meta's products are exploiting children and jeopardizing democracies around the world, but Mark Zuckerberg has more important things to do.

In a time where reproductive health is under attack and Big Tech openly sends your location data with law enforcement, we can't afford any vulnerabilities like this. 404media.co/email/850ef8ea…

Great, yet another way for Meta to surveil users and keep them endlessly scrolling. theinformation.com/briefings/meta…

These voluntary best practices encourage companies to monitor and report suspicious activity. While it's a step in the right direction, there should be enforceable rules on the books *before* these products hit the market. nytimes.com/2024/11/14/bus…

Key point: "European regulators said Meta had given itself an unfair advantage over rival services by bundling Marketplace into Facebook’s wider social network." nytimes.com/2024/11/14/bus…