Dollars v Sense

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"...

Jun 14 •

How antitrust regulators intend to sell of Google's ad tech

#336: A step-by-step guide to how regulators plan to sell and share the ad tech tools that Google used to build a $1.7 trillion illegal monopoly...

May 28 •

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Parents march on Meta HQ as Insta's chief takes the stand

#315: And as Adam Mosseri prepares to testify, an interview reveals him urging parents to limit kids' time on social as it's getting worse...

Apr 25 •

Has AI achieved Steve Jobs' vision for a chat with Aristotle?

#290. In 1985, the Apple scion predicted AI would be achieved when he could ask the philosopher a question and get an answer. So, I tried...

Mar 19 •

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No makes us stupid, so let's say yes to friends instead...

#280. I just gave a keynote to publishing and media execs. They all want the same thing. Do it, and everybody wins, but two letters stand in their…

Mar 3 •

The ad failures that let the US Government fund child abuse

What can be learned from the systemic ad tech failures that left global brand ads on a website that publishes horrific scenes of abuse...

Feb 17 •

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Arielle S. Garcia

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Three trials have Meta on the defensive as it heads into 2025

Meta's just weeks away from an FTC court showdown which could see its monopoly broken and Instagram and WhatsApp sold off...

Jan 10 •

12:57

Social shake-up as Meta faces a trifecta of bitter court cases

In less than 100 days Meta faces an antitrust break up, before more suits alleging it harms kids and teen girls, and defrauded shareholders...

Jan 7 •

Who will end up paying for Zuck's AI vision?

I'm diving into the brain of the most influential voice of a generation. This week, can Meta meet its mission for AGI and keep us safe?

Oct 4, 2024 •

Step-by-step, how Google demolished publisher ads

The deadliest predators run silent and run deep, but every now and again, they pop above the surface and into the light of day...

Sep 24, 2024 •

Google's cash cow is headed to pasture, and that spells danger

AI Overviews now set to become publishing's next battleground as antitrust lawyers zero in on breaking Google's ad monopoly...

Sep 16, 2024 •

History will judge Google as it heads to antitrust decider

The tech giant finds itself under siege, a marauding army at the gates, but win or lose, the era of news and advertising as we know it is ending...

Sep 4, 2024 •

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