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Meta's misogynistic culture puts kids at risk, warns insider

#345: A director who worked on Zuck's Metaverse claims execs treat perverts preying on kids as "a distraction from business goals"...
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Meta's misogynistic culture puts kids at risk, warns insider
#345: A director who worked on Zuck's Metaverse claims execs treat perverts preying on kids as "a distraction from business goals"...
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Ricky Sutton
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A judge will now decide the future of social - and Zuck
#337: A judge will now decide the fate of social ads, personal privacy, and define the future of the daily clicks and shares of half the global…
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Meta just picked a fight with news - it could be costly
#329: Blaming journos for being mean while running a monopoly that publishes hate at an apocalyptic scale was an interesting legal ploy...
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#328: Court hears that “groomers” were sent recommendations to meet minors on the social app as it was starved of resources...
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Meta's strategy to copy TikTok was canny to avoid break-up
#325: The similarities are making it tricky for the judge to decide whether Meta's a monopolist or just another fish in the sea...
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