The Level1 Show July 18 2023: Achievement Unlocked: Defeat the FTC

Опубликовано 18 июля 2023, 4:30

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0:00 - Intro
1:48 - Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard
2:20 - US asks appeals court to pause Microsoft deal after lower court refuses
4:38 - Massachusetts Considers Ban on Sale of Phone Location Data
5:35 - FTC chair defends tenure as lawmakers battle over consumer agency's impact
7:24 - Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta
8:51 - A senator had trouble saying no to TSA's voluntary facial recogntion
9:15 - Ripple's open market sales of XRP cryptocurrency aren't securities, court rules in landmark decision
10:26 - Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show
11:39 - US to decide on GM request to deploy self-driving cars
13:18 - Bungie wins landmark harassment lawsuit against Destiny 2 troll
15:10 - Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google
16:28 - Privacy fears dominate launch of digital euro plan
18:32 - Phones with replaceable batteries to be required by 2027 thanks to the EU
20:01 - Amazon claims it isn’t a “Very Large Online Platform” to evade EU rules
21:25 - EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure
22:50 - Russian parliament passes digital ruble bill
23:35 - Twenty-four central banks will have digital currencies by 2030, survey shows
24:14 - TikTok executive admits Australian users’ data accessed by employees in China
25:04 - Most Americans Say TikTok Is US National Security Threat
25:51 - TikTok Plastic Surgeon ‘Dr. Roxy’ Loses Medical License
27:00 - Knight Institute files lawsuit against Texas's TikTok ban
27:49 - Redbox & TikTok Set Deal For Short-Form Videos To Stream On 3,000 Kiosks
28:59 - Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users
29:18 - Meta Threads engagement has dropped off: Sensor Tower, SimilarWeb
30:05 - Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta gives DMs to cops
32:32 - Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit
33:55 - Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic
35:24 - Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators

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