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:

• Lawsuit filed against Google & Character.AI over abusive bots
• [The Interview] "Chatbots told my son to kill me."
• [Report] YouTube's Anorexia Algorithm
• [The Interview] An inside look into the new YouTube Report
• TikTok asks court to put divest-or-ban law on hold amid Supreme Court appeal
• TikTok Pays Users to Shop if They Boost App Downloads
• [The Interview] Project Liberty and Frank McCourts Bid to Buy TikTok
• Apple Sued for Failing to Remove CSAM
• Meta Building $10B Data Center in Louisiana

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