Techlash Mislabels Legit Legal Action, Not Anti‑tech
💯 agree, Adam. “Techlash” was always a term I disputed that attempted to frame regulators’ lawsuits (still active) against your clients Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta as “anti-tech” rather than just good law enforcement. If anything it was a “Facebook-lash” at first…
Media's Absurd Comparisons Undermine Legitimate Critique
I’m not one to defend Forbes or OpenAI but it’s absurd to imply their naming Altman on a list of 250 innovators explains anti-Elon headlines. ps it was also absurd for you on CNN to imply platforming a neo-Nazi is...
Limit Kids' Meta Use to 30 Hours Monthly
Three hours per day for Meta’s surveillance capitalism of kids. Seems like more than enough. If it were me, I’d go to a 30-hour monthly cap.
News Org Tweets For
We’ve come to the point where a major highly respected news org is having to publicly tweet to try to get attention at this platform for a revered reporter locked out of her account for days. This in itself is...
Andy Stone Likely Avoids Press; Liability Cases Resurface
Cecilia, since I’m fairly confident Meta’s Andy Stone won’t proactively notify press as he did when playing a role in obfuscation of the cover-up by Facebook brass...these cases are back on - including personal liability. Evidentiary hearing tomorrow. /1 https://t.co/sHSK6wKEYx
What Would Free Content Cost If Paid?
Imagine if they had to pay for all of the content they used to get here. What would that number be?
Meta Sued Again for Training AI with Pirated Content
Another copyright lawsuit filed against Meta for allegedly using pirated works to train its AI model. I say allegedly but there is a massive trove of evidence at this point in Kadrey v Meta and Entrepreneur v Meta. Including knowingly...
Court Delays Google Case; Pubs Suffer
aka Court will go at its own pace while pubs are harmed by illegal monopolist. "ORDER denying Motion to Set Oral Argument on Google’s Motions to Dismiss...The court will set argument, if needed, when it is prepared to address the...
US Revokes Visas of Costa Rican Press Board Members
Meanwhile quite a kicker in this news report yesterday on the U.S. State Department / Trump administration revoking visas for five of seven board members leading a newspaper scrutinizing the govt of Costa Rica... Fits a pattern. Hold the...
First Amendment Abuses Threaten Press Freedom, Says Stelter
Grateful for the work of Brian Stelter at CNN/Reliable Sources putting this under lights. Hopefully everyone is doing the same. This is where 1st amendment abuses impact press freedom, chill sources and creep into biz interests for a free and...
Google's Ad Revenue Hits $300 B After One Year
Approaching a full year, I wonder how this is coming along… Google now at $300 billion of ads market.
Reuters Wins Pulitzer Exposing Meta's Toxic Instagram Practices
Timely. I was just reading unsealed emails from this weekend showing how distressed Facebook was about a headline on reporting by @JeffHorwitz stating Facebook/Meta knows how toxic Instagram is for teen girls. Pulitzer for the win.
New Evidence Fuels Massive AG Lawsuit Against Meta
Unsealed evidence posted over the weekend in the 40+ State AGs upcoming child addiction trial (ndcal mdl) v Facebook/Meta/Instagram (as part of summary judgement proceedings). This backchannel as their lawsuits were filed is sort of deadly imho. /1 https://t.co/w960WznqOA
Press Gazette Analyzes DCN Amicus Brief on Agentic AI
Press Gazette continues to be all over the developments across AI, especially those impacting publishing. This is a really fair assessment of DCN's amicus brief filed overnight in the ninth circuit in Amazon v Perplexity - all about agentic AI...
Google's Ad Revenue Now 91% From Owned Platforms
Google earnings milestone today. Q1 marks the first time 91% of G's ad revenue (now $300B+ per year) comes from its owned properties (search, youtube, gmail, etc) rather than the rest of web. G is now accelerating death of open...
Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot: Home Future, Risks, Broken Toe
brilliant, clever as always - keep me until the end. loved the ad insertions for Mercury, too. congrats on launch.
Google Monopolizes Ad Stack, Siphoning Data and Revenue
Incredible data on revenue shift from services you choose to interact to surveillance capitalists. Google, as an adjudicated illegal monopolist over the ad stack, captures an extraordinary amount of this value - revenue and data - to fuel its interests...
Musk Barred From Tweeting Under Trial Agreement
This is on Twitter today. And Musk can’t tweet today (due to trial agreement)? Wow. This may end the man.
Awaiting Decision on Breaking up Google's Adtech Monopoly
Last time he had to self surrender in EDVA for frivolous charges, we were in the same building in the middle of a trial to determine if Google needed to have its adtech monopolies broken up. We still await that...
Australia's Media Code Leads; Google Cooperates, Meta Resists
Brilliant x2. Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code was a world-leading approach to intervening on market power imbalance held by Google and Meta. The former played ball while its proxies argued for a tax. The latter, on brand, did everything it...
He Defends Free, Plural Press in Stellar
it's a fair question imho... she's asking a question that is being passed around by critics and giving him a chance to respond. And her question leads to his stellar answer including his support for the role of a free...
Maguire’s Media Critique Fails; NYT Alerts Reveal Truth
What a silly attempt by Maguire to be a media critic. Guess how I found out in real-time what was happening? A NYT alert and then rapid ongoing coverage on NYT's app and website. Sunday A1 being locked in on...
Journalism Serves Public by Facing Crises Head‑On
“Journalism is a public service because when there is an emergency, we run to the crisis not away from it.” https://t.co/vQLhlFn0di
NetChoice Backs Bill Under Pressure From Google, Facebook
I think it’s simpler than that. More likely NetChoice supports the bill because the two largest surveillance advertising businesses, Google and Facebook, tell them to support the bill.
Lyft’s Black Car Upgrade Delivers Tesla, Sparks Uber Return
Not much more annoying for me than selecting the black car upgrade option with Lyft and getting a Tesla. Enough to drive me back to Uber after a decade.
FBI Involved in First Amendment Press Violation
Agree. This is a blatant violation of first amendment rights and an attempt to chill a free and plural press consistent with other actions by administration. That it involves the FBI should be even more concerning. 1/2 https://t.co/pf61sFHLi7
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...
Axios Profits From Meta Ads While Criticizing Platform
Solid example of difference between a news org and a social media platform. - Axios has been running endless Meta ad $$$ campaigns while its independent newsroom reports on Meta’s court losses for harming children - Axios reports Meta is removing...
Critic Targets Media Decisions; Canada, Denmark React
Found myself watching this because he took a shot at news media decision making but Canada and Denmark must have raised an eyebrow, too. https://t.co/kp8mE7yDE3
Journalist's Precise, Unbiased Answer Reveals Deep Implications
There is *a lot* in this answer when you consider the precision of the response of the journalist to not insert his own opinion, the range of possibilities and the consequences.
Great Lawyers Boost Confidence in Justice Against Google
For those outside courtroom, David Dahlquist and Julia Tarver Wood brilliantly led the US DOJ cases v Google for its adjudged search and adtech monopolies respectively. They gave me confidence in great lawyers understanding complex adtech/internet. And confidence in justice.
Closed Platform Design Dictates Suppresses User Content, Harms Advertisers
Imagine a Chrome Head of Product telling a news org how it should design its site. Here X dude gets away with it, as it’s a closed platform where it can suppress your posts created for you by accounts you...
Everyday Buttons Spark Reminder to Order This Book
Just bumped into buttons as I do from time to time. It reminded me. Order this book. https://t.co/TMlOakQ2IT
Op-Eds Don't Define Media Brand Values, Says Critic
I find this Oltermann piece unhelpful to media literacy. A news brand running op-eds by Orban or Musk doesn’t impugn company or the CEO’s values. And supporting America doesn’t mean any specific admin especially current one. I liked Axel Springer’s...
Elon View Counts Far Lower than TV Audience Numbers
Thank you. I continue to see this with a number of comments about TV shows. A lot of clueless people on here think Elon's view counts on here are comparable to a TV viewer count when they're typically (several) order(s)...
OpenAI Faces Court-Ordered Witness Sit‑down, Sanctions Risk
This just in. OpenAI's bad week continues. Here, their corporate witness ordered to sit down again and the Court puts them in the sanctions red zone. in major copyright lawsuit. https://t.co/Qn9quiuWzV