2025-02-20
Correction: not *him*, the case is against Meta. Still, will be interesting to see how that develops. So far Trump 2.0 has been surprisingly not terrible on antitrust stuff... but watch and see how it acts against its supporters/donors — (The case is weighted in Meta's favor already anyway)
Pew Research Center
US survey: views of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk tilt negative; Democrats and Republicans view Zuckerberg unfavorably; Musk is polarizing along party lines
Americans' views of two prominent tech executives - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg - tilt more negative than positive.
Zuck is profoundly hated by folks who will never forgive him for 2020 content moderation decisions (and those who believe “Zuckerbucks” swung the election). — The thing is... does any of that matter for Zuck? He's maneuvering to avoid the FTC case against him that goes to trial in April. …
Pew Research Center
US survey: views of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk tilt negative; Democrats and Republicans view Zuckerberg unfavorably; Musk is polarizing along party lines
Americans' views of two prominent tech executives - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg - tilt more negative than positive.
2025-01-11
Listening to SCOTUS arguments in the TikTok case, justices expressing “concern” about massive data collection... wait until they learn what every OTHER social media platform does! 🙃
Bloomberg
SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues
TikTok went before the Supreme Court on Friday for one last attempt to put an end to the impending ban. Stephen Schenck / Android Authority : It may be time to start accepting that...
2025-01-05
I don't know what to believe in this case ughughugh. Feels very “flood the zone with shit” in a way
The Spectator World
Analysis of social media posts, AI art, Spaces comments, biographical details, and more suggests Adrian Dittmann is a German fan of Elon Musk living in Fiji
An Elon Musk fan in Fiji tricks the world — The AI avatar for the Adrian Dittmann X account, left, and Adrian Dittmann appearing …