Google Loses Again and an Alleged Meta Monopoly
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Instagram announced it will begin using AI tech to identify teens users with adult birth dates and will automatically put them in a Teen Account.
The White House posted an executive order delaying the so-called TikTok ban enforcement until June 19, 2025.
Sarah-Wynn Williams, author of Careless People and former Director of Global Public Policy for Facebook, testified at a Congressional hearing that Meta executives don’t let their own teenagers use their platforms.
Jon Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, published a Substack post outlining what he calls, Snapchat’s “five key clusters of harm” on adolescents.
Google lost its second antitrust case in recent months after a judge ruled the company has a monopoly in online advertising.
Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram, took the stand in Meta’s antitrust case claiming Mark Zuckerberg saw Instagram as a “threat.” The FTC wants to undo Meta’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Mark Zuckerberg gave testimony last week in the case arguing Meta is hardly a monopoly with competitors like YouTube and TikTok.
Meta was fined by the EU this week for its targeted ads policy in Europe. The EU also fined Apple regarding its App store policies.
OpenAI’s user base has grown significantly in the past month with the help of a new image generation model released in March.
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