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Fighting for a better internet
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Cabel Sasser
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this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Comfortably Numb
7 days ago
"It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week."
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Sam Cole
10 days ago
the biggest tech companies in the world are endorsing a new bill that would shove AI onto kids in school
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OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund âAI Literacyâ in Schools
A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundationâwhich has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science re...
https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/
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Kevin M. Kruse
10 days ago
To quote the great John Legend: "My brother, you have to keep reading. What happened next?"
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public health guy
10 days ago
to be clear, "help me write" actually means "write this for me" you can't write if you don't practice writing do the math
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public health guy
10 days ago
these companies arenât even pretending to care about childrenâs well-being, or humanityâs, and very wealthy people are telling you itâll probably be fine đ
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public health guy
10 days ago
you don't need a study to know this is bad for kids. that's why school admins have zero excuses for signing these deals
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Chris Geidner
10 days ago
The metaphors are, yet again, getting a little heavy-handed.
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Matt Novak
11 days ago
"On Polymarket, the Journal found, 67% of profits go to just 0.1% of accounts. That means less than 2,000 accounts netted a total of nearly half a billion dollars."
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Why Almost Everyone LosesâExcept a Few Sharksâon Prediction Markets
A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshiâoften pros using data-driven algorithmic tradingâtake home most of the winnings.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/polymarket-kalshi-betting-profits-prediction-markets-eb23ac11?st=ooWWeh&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Missing The Point
about 1 month ago
In a royal address to a joint session of Congress marking the 250th anniversary of Americaâs independence from Britain, King Charles III is expected to say that the war has never ended and order the Kingâs Guards accompanying him to seize the rebel Congress.
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King Charles III invited to address joint meeting of Congress
The planned April 28 address to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain will be the first such speech by a British monarch in 35 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/01/king-charles-joint-meeting-congress/
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HAPPENING NOW: in their largest gathering ever, survivor parents & advocates are taking the
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docs to the lawmakers whoâve refused to listen. Itâs time to choose: are you with families or Big Tech?
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Phil Klay
29 days ago
âWhen Vice President JD Vance was campaigning for Viktor OrbĂĄn earlier this month, he was also campaigning to preserve the Hungarian funding for the New Right organizations that would support his own future political ambitionsâ Makes sense of that grotesque debacle
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The Grand Budapest Cartel - Providence
Viktor OrbĂĄn has lost reelection as Prime Minister of Hungaryâbut how did a small central European state rise to such prominence among American right-wing intellectuals to begin with?
https://providencemag.com/2026/04/the-grand-budapest-cartel/
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Hemry, Local Bartender
about 1 month ago
The thing where voters don't believe republican policies could be as evil as they are apparently extends to the republicans actually in charge of the government just mindlessly implementing them
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In the end, though, what made the verdict remarkable was the relative ordinariness of Kaleyâs story..The jury award was a spur to understand a life recognizably shaped by social-media algorithms, in ways that were perhaps near-impossible to resist, as a serious injury to an entire generation.
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What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Serving as a signal of a taste in the courts and among the public to have tech companies bear some of the costs of harm that they have allegedly caused, the recent verdict against Meta and Google in C...
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-the-verdict-against-meta-and-google-says-about-the-way-we-live-now
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist
about 1 month ago
dad: so whats the deal with the war me: *speaks for 5 min* dad: wow that is an impressive analysis me: thanks I took it from a person I follow online who is a subject matter expert dad: oh whats their name me: They are a cartoon dog wearing underwear as a face mask called Piss Prevail On Earth
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Steve Benen
about 1 month ago
After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, âA whole civilization will die tonight,â the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:
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Thomas [3.8 Chronic Diseases], DO
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Brendel
about 1 month ago
Itâs pretty interesting to compare Easter messages from political leaders and then consider which ones the media treats as being out of the mainstream or dangerous
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God
about 1 month ago
How dare these people call themselves followers of Christ? He wakes up on Easter morning and posts the F-bomb and war crimes? Imagine their outrage if any Democrat ever posted this insanity? How dare he ever call anyone else deranged?
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"Here is my message, coming from a transgender woman who grew up with and was badly harmed by exploitative social media: Do not let Big Tech hide itself behind a rainbow flag. The truth is, queer people are the ones these platforms fail first and protect last."
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Donât let Big Tech hide behind a rainbow flag
Queer people are the ones these platforms fail first and protect last.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5805333-dont-let-big-tech-hide-behind-a-rainbow-flag/
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
about 2 months ago
We all know this is fascism.
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John Gramlich
about 2 months ago
89% â percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Republican governor and two Republican senators 23% â percentage of disaster aid requests Trump has approved for states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
See the evidence for yourself:
techoversight.org/bigtechontr...
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Trial Evidence - Tech Oversight Project
https://techoversight.org/bigtechontrial/
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
Internal Google research also showed teens were harmed, with "prolonged unintentional use" displacing "valuable activities like time with friends or sleep."
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
A 2012 YouTube document admitted the company was not measuring user well-being effectively and described its goal as "viewer addiction." The plaintiffâs lawyers described YouTube as a âdigital casino.â
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
Meta targeted kids in schools, tracked "total teen time spent," prioritized teen growth, built high school directories, and activated "school blasts" to increase engagement on specific campuses.
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Metaâs Unsealed Internal Documents Prove Years of Deliberate Harm and Inaction to Protect Minors - Tech Oversight Project
Mark Zuckerberg has blood on his hands: he has known for over a decade that pedophiles and sex traffickers were targeting children on his platforms, and instead of fixing the problem, what he did was worse than nothing: he killed safety features, buried internal research, and then lied about it to Congress.
https://techoversight.org/2025/11/22/meta-unsealed-docs/
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
Instagram developed an explicit internal business strategy to addict multiple generations of American families to its platform, deliberately using teenagers as the gateway to recruit parents, younger siblings, and grandparents.
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
During Mark Zuckerbergâs court testimony, plaintiffâs attorney Mark Lanier showed the jury an email in which Zuckerberg set a 2016 company goal of increasing users' time spent on the platform by 12%, directly contradicting his 2024 congressional testimony.
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
The trials have already produced an unprecedented public record of damning internal company documents. One Meta employee wrote "oh my gosh yall IG is a drug." Another responded: "Lol, I mean, all social media. We're basically pushers."
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
This trial was proof that if you put CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg on the stand before a judge and jury of their peers, the tech industryâs wanton disregard for people will be on full display.
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Trial Evidence - Tech Oversight Project
https://techoversight.org/bigtechontrial/
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
These products were purposefully designed to harm, addict millions of young people, and lead to lifelong mental health consequences. That ends now.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-n...
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Verdict reached in landmark social media addiction trial
An attorney for the plaintiff said he hopes the trial reveals the addiction crisis that he said was orchestrated by the social media companies.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/verdict-reached-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial-rcna263421
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Tech Oversight Project
about 2 months ago
HISTORIC VERDICT: âThe era of Big Tech invincibility is over â this ruling is an earthquake that shakes Big Techâs predatory business model to its core." --
@sachalouise.bsky.social
techoversight.org/2026/03/25/...
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The Tech Oversight Project Heralds Verdict in Social Media Addiction Trials as an Earthquake for Big Tech - Tech Oversight Project
Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following statement after a verdict was handed down in the first case in the social media addiction trials. This was the first product liability case to go to trial that any Big Tech company has faced and was brought forward by plaintiff K.G.M., who experienced dangerous mental health [âŠ]
https://techoversight.org/2026/03/25/the-tech-oversight-project-heralds-verdict-in-social-media-addiction-trials-as-an-earthquake-for-big-tech/
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the era of Big Tech invincibility is over. we fucking won. on everything.
about 2 months ago
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idk how you can believe the WH cares about protecting kids online when Trump appoints Zuckerberg to a council of advisors less than 24 hrs after Meta was found guilty of not protecting kids from sexual predators online
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Daniel Suitor
about 2 months ago
You know, once a jury has made its decision you are extremely justified in dropping the "allegedly"
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
about 2 months ago
I want fully staffed public pools, and libraries that are cathedrals to public goods and a society where walling yourself off with money is viewed as sociopathic.
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Aaron Cohen
about 2 months ago
I think we're going win, but I want to win hard enough that we start paying artists to paint murals in post offices again. (This time the post offices are also banks.)
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David Mack
about 2 months ago
a formative crush. devastated
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Nicholas Brendon, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Actor, Dies at 54
Nicholas Brendon has died at age 54, his family said in a statement. The 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actor "had struggles in the past," his family said, but he "was optimistic about the future at the t...
https://people.com/nicholas-brendon-dead-54-11931439
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many people are calling this AI amnesty "States should not be permitted to penalize AI developers for a third partyâs unlawful conduct involving their models."
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White House unveils its first federal AI framework, pushes Congress to act 'this year'
EXCLUSIVE: The White House unveiled its first federal AI policy framework, pushing Congress to establish one national standard to protect free speech and children.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-unveils-its-first-federal-ai-framework-pushes-congress-act-this-year
about 2 months ago
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jess m.
about 2 months ago
now THIS is some fucking activism lol
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Gregory Pijanowski
about 2 months ago
Like all the other things they bring up, shoveling snow in NYC is not covered in the 24th amendment, the right to vote without cost is.
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ceej
about 2 months ago
my kid came home from kindergarten today and announced she was setting a trap to catch a leprechaun. apparently other kids at school always end up with candy and treats in their annual leprechaun traps, so sheâs pretty stoked to see what she gets. I am begging other parents to fucking cool it
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mtsw
about 2 months ago
Watching guys like Joe Kent abandon Trump because of Iran is good. But we should be clear it's good in a "our enemies are splitting into factions and fighting one another" sense not in a "our enemies are coming to our side and joining us" sense because that latter thing is not what's happening.
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Brendan Nyhan
2 months ago
Unprecedented corruption. Literally asking for billions of dollars.
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as we await the jury's decision now, we put together the takeaways from the last few weeks of the social media addiction trials. take a look đ —ïž
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Amanda Terkel
2 months ago
The only topics surveyed in the new NBC News poll that were less popular than AI? The Democratic Party and Iran
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Justin Wolfers
2 months ago
I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But... ...maybe there wasn't much planning?
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April Glick Pulito
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Last month, Zuckerbergâs entourage wore Meta glasses into the courthouse where Zuck was testifying for addicting kids to social media and had to be told TWICE by the judge to take them off.
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