Big Tech Gut Check (week of December 30, 2024)

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.

Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:

• U.S. Judge Upholds California Ban on Addictive Feeds for Minors

• Florida Social Media Ban on Hold Due To Lawsuit

• TikTok Internal Reports Show Massive Amount of Harm

• TikTok 'Divest or Ban' case to be decided

• Morton woman faces charges after CSAM linked to her Snapchat account

• Snapchat Predator Facing Charges Involving 15-year-old Girl

  Meta Adds Thousands of AI Users to Facebook and Instagram

Recommended Interviews:

• Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban (with Dany Elachi)

• "An A.I. chatbot killed my son." (with Megan Garcia)

• "Chatbots told my son to kill me."

• Are A.I. chatbots out of control (with Tim Estes)

• A.I.'s Impact on Children (with Dr. Mathilde Cerioli)

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