Desperate Companies Use Every App to Keep Users Hooked
They must be desperate to offset signal loss. Also see how they’re leveraging all of their apps and services to try to get you to log in anywhere anywhere anywhere to bring you back on their grid.
Competition and Privacy Law Clash over Micro‑targeted Ads
Reason number five thousand two hundred and twenty three why enforcement of competition laws and privacy laws overlap in a digital world. Especially with Google and Meta. Their biz is microtargeted mostly performance based ads delivered based on unprecedented...
AdWeek Breaks Silence on Big Tech Accountability
Wow. Powerful headline running in AdWeek. On one hand, AdWeek should earn your trust and respect for running it. Many trade pubs stay away from upsetting the major tech companies including Meta. But something else needs to be pointed out....
Amazon Prime's Super Bowl Stream Fails, Celebs Complain
So you've got Bill Simmons and Lebron James tweeting that Amazon Prime stopped working during OT? Good luck with that, Jay Marine. pro tip. you may want to stop talking about Amazon Prime live streaming a Super Bowl...this is their...
Google and Apple Still Facing Antitrust Compliance Battles
Adam, you can’t actually be serious. Google and Apple are both fighting compliance with antitrust remedies v their app stores, and Google and Apple have 3 other active antitrust cases with Justice Dept. To suggest “all fixed” is nuts unless...
Mlex: Only Daily Source for DC Lawsuits
💯 mlex is the only news source that I’m aware of that consistently shows up every day for these lawsuits and the antitrust suits in DC. Now at great risk of me having now insulted any of our DCN members....
Companies' Ad Choices Remain Their Protected Free Speech
With all due respect, Norm, this is an awful take. If you even know it’s true, as you said “reportedly,”any company can choose where it wants to run its advertising. That’s their speech. If you’re just trying to get attention...
Apple’s Double Standard: Elon’s App vs Facebook Spyware
Like when Facebook violated Apple’s policy with its alleged spyware app feeding it data about kids usage of competitive apps, you have to ask whether Apple treated Elon’s app the same way as everyone else.
Supreme Court Backs New Trial on Meta's Child Harm
"Spokespeople for Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment." In case you missed this late Friday, Meta has to face another trial for child harm. This time the Supreme Court of MA weighed in. $200B+ of advertisers fund...
Court Dismisses Sludge Lawsuit, FTC Settlement Looms
Federal court dismissed the lawsuit against major advertisers who had decided toxic sludge isn’t good for their brands … yet a settlement is in the works with the FTC. Sounds like there is more reporting to do. https://t.co/tMvRJ0BlaB
DC Newsroom's Bold Headline Choice Draws Red Line Controversy
This is a nuanced but remarkable and important headline choice for the leading newsroom in DC. Red line is mine. https://t.co/tsNhnx6MPy
Calls for Transparency Over YouTube Ban Mystery
super interesting that the most recent video caused the ban? doesn't YouTube still have a 3x policy? It's clearly not actually violence. Could they have traced/confirmed it back to Iran? Could it be the Eminem IP? Deserves transparency.
Grok Wrongly Flags Single Substack Account, Needs Review
This is a terrible rationale by Grok. It needs investigation. 1) I just tried ~12 unique substack accounts using an open dot substack link. Only this super sensitive Julie K Brown is flagged. 2) this is the default share syntax...
Millions Tune In for Vatican‑POTUS Showdown Coverage
Somewhere north or south of ten million people will likely tune in at the same this Sunday to watch a highly trusted news brand report on rapidly evolving dynamic between the Vatican and POTUS. Not sure where else this could...
Altman’s “Incendiary” Label Misfires, Blames Journalism
Exactly. To be fair, I went straight to Altman’s post concerned. And his use of word, “incendiary,” to describe meticulous reporting is careless and wrong but it’s Sims here who ran with it. I see where she works, dots...