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Mark Weinstein

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Tech entrepreneur, privacy expert, one of the inventors of social networking. My new book "Restoring Our Sanity Online": bit.ly/3UrTm77

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It was great joining The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast to discuss the state of social media and how to Restore Our Sanity Online share.transistor.fm/s/c5874475

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As the landmark antitrust case against Meta heats up, I have had a front row seat into where we were and where we are headed, which I detail in my just published Op-ed in Newsweek: "My Company Competed Against Facebook. Here's What Happened" newsweek.com/my-company-com…

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Online safety is finally being taken seriously. The House just passed the #TakeItDownAct 409-2. It forces social media platforms to remove non-consensual images, cracks down on AI deepfakes, and has strong penalties for abusers. I broke it down on NBC: youtube.com/watch?v=Q1GEAH…

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TikTok was fined about $600 million by Ireland’s data-privacy watchdog for failing to guarantee that user data sent to China was protected from government surveillance on.wsj.com/42Rp69H

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New studies tie heavy AI use to weakened critical thinking, loneliness & emotional dependence. My op-ed in The Hill illuminates what’s at stake and presents key fixes thehill.com/opinion/techno…

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On Best Seller Live my co-host @CynthiaJohnson and spoke with author Mark Weinstein about data control, protecting kids online, and what’s ahead with user verification and a bipartisan privacy rights act. #bestsellerlive #booksthatmatter youtube.com/shorts/UIJtm0m…

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How do you attract investors & advisors when you don’t have a big network? 🤔 In our livestream, Mark Weinstein (inventor of social networking & privacy advocate) shared the playbook 👇

How do you attract investors & advisors when you don’t have a big network? 🤔

In our livestream, <a href="/markweinstein/">Mark Weinstein</a>  (inventor of social networking &amp; privacy advocate) shared the playbook 👇
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Yesterday I spoke with Omar L. Gallaga at CNET about Disney’s $10M FTC settlement over collecting kids’ data on YouTube. As I told CNET: “Disney is one of the most trusted brands, yet they knowingly broke the rules… If Disney does this, you can bet many other brands are too.” Fines

Yesterday I spoke with <a href="/omarg/">Omar L. Gallaga</a>  at <a href="/CNET/">CNET</a>  about Disney’s $10M FTC settlement over collecting kids’ data on YouTube.

As I told CNET: “Disney is one of the most trusted brands, yet they knowingly broke the rules… If Disney does this, you can bet many other brands are too.”

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Glad to speak with PC Gamer today on proof-of-human in gaming and how to keep it privacy-preserving. As I said in the piece: “Proof-of-human doesn’t mean more data harvesting. The ideal system would collect the absolute minimum needed to verify a person is real, then delete

Glad to speak with  <a href="/pcgamer/">PC Gamer</a>  today on proof-of-human in gaming  and how to keep it privacy-preserving.

As I said in the piece: “Proof-of-human doesn’t mean more data harvesting. The ideal system would collect the absolute minimum needed to verify a person is real, then delete
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Shared my thoughts with Newsweek today on generational divides in digital habits: “Gen Z were born into a world where smartphones were ubiquitous. They’re happier using phones for everything, while millennials prefer laptops for big tasks that require extra prudence. Looking

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Great to contribute to the Daily Express roundup today on books everyone should read. As I shared: "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is timeless because it’s about building character first, and then success naturally follows. Dr. Covey was generous

Great to contribute to the <a href="/Daily_Express/">Daily Express</a> roundup today on books everyone should read.

As I shared: "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is timeless because it’s about building character first, and then success naturally follows. Dr. Covey was generous
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“The free, open access communications paradigm we have did not arrive like magic. It was the product of a fair amount of political wrangling” - that's why we must continue our fight for the web. 🙏 The Washington Post for reviewing 'This Is for Everyone' washingtonpost.com/books/2025/09/…

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I recently joined Brian E. Thomas  on The Digital Executive Podcast for a lively conversation on the future of social media, privacy, and how we can restore sanity online. We covered: -The rise of surveillance capitalism and what’s next after Web2 and Web3 -Why manipulative algorithms are so

I recently joined <a href="/DivergentCIO/">Brian E. Thomas</a>  on <a href="/CoruzantPod/">The Digital Executive Podcast</a> for a lively conversation on the future of social media, privacy, and how we can restore sanity online.

We covered:
-The rise of surveillance capitalism and what’s next after Web2 and Web3
-Why manipulative algorithms are so
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It was a pleasure speaking with Revenue Brew (by Morning Brew ☕️ ) about how Exa is rethinking company structure to move at the speed of AI. As I shared in the piece, when businesses like Exa move toward a RevOps function, "Your product team is not a stand-alone team. Your sales

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🔎 Entrepreneurs: Inside Surveillance Capitalism-What Big Tech Knows About You +More This Weekend on #PassagetoProfit 🎙Mark Weinstein Privacy Expert 📈 Gary Cohen CO2 Partners 👻Tim Nealon Ghost City Tours 📻10/19/25 7pm ET on Radio America & 11 pm ET on iHeartRadio WOR NewsTalk Radio

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🔍 Entrepreneurs, ever wonder what Big Tech really knows about you? 🎙️Dive into the latest #PassageToProfit episode → tiny.cc/p2pprivacy 🎙Mark Weinstein Privacy Expert 📈Gary Cohen CO2 Partners 👻Tim Nealon Ghost City Tours #onlineprivacy #entrepreneur #startup