Georgia talks with Matt Pearce – journalist, former president of Media Guild of the West, and senior policy advisor for Rebuild Local News – about the info environment on Tiktok around its 12 hour ban in the US. The team asks WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. Also: Computer Whiz!

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Intro Links

William McFarland Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Defrauding Investors And A Ticket Vendor Of Over $26 Million, justice.gov
EXCLUSIVE: Fyre Festival 2: Dates, location and how to get tickets, Today
Microsoft CEO Admits That AI Is Generating Basically No Value, Futurism
Microsoft Dropped Some AI Data Center Leases, TD Cowen Says, Bloomberg
How Temu’s supply chain is changing, RetailBrew
Temu Overhauls Supply Chain on Tariffs, Risking Price Hikes, Bloomberg
UK users are losing a key Apple security feature, raising questions about the future of privacy, CNN

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Tiktok’s Leftovers Hours

Matt Pearce’s substack
On Bullshit - Harry G. Frankfurt

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What Is Going On Here

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Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.

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