Meta's AI labels prove visibility requires institutional permission
The moment you realize that your digital neighbor might not be breathing, or even real, something shifts in the air of the internet.
By Alma Cordero ·
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Meta pays $18 billion but avoids structural change for youth safety
The headlines call it Meta’s Day of Reckoning. They talk about $18 billion—a massive number that sounds like enough cash to fund a small county's infrastructure plan for a decade.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
California Attorney General Rob Bonta forces mandatory limits on Meta
The news that Meta has settled with a coalition of fifty-two attorneys general across the U.S.
By Caroline Ashford ·
European Commission demands systemic design, not Meta’s usage caps
The headlines surrounding Meta’s $18 billion settlement with forty-eight US states suggest a decisive victory—a moment where the profit motive finally bowed to public health.
By Klaus Berger ·
Bill Gates was an AI optimist. Now he’s scared of what could go wrong
The shift in tone from boundless AI prophet to global nervous wreck is almost comical, yet profoundly worrying.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Ex-Meta Staffer Says 99% of Teens Shunned Early Safety Tool
The fundamental failure of Big Tech is rarely one of technical capability; it is always one of moral imagination.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Trump's trades: Opacity shields power from public scrutiny
The sheer volume of it is staggering—over a thousand transactions in June alone.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Meta's legal troubles has options traders eyeing the 'jade lizard'
The evidence presented in Oakland this week suggests that the failure at Meta is not one of technical complexity or unforeseen misuse, but one of fundamental corporate design—a…
By Adele Rutherford ·
Rob Bonta vs Meta: Algorithmic accountability must protect minors
The language used in courtrooms—"civil penalties," "restitution and distortion"—is often designed not to illuminate truth, but to obscure it.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Delsia Bare rejects $26 million for her farm near Maysville
The modern narrative—the seamless march toward technological utopia powered by artificial intelligence—is, upon closer inspection, a story of profound dispossession.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Meta vs Google AI Overviews show S&P 500 consolidation power
The market never ceases its theatrical dramas.
By Elena Rossi ·
Section 230 fails; Meta, Google face lawsuits in courts and France
The fact that thousands of lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat can finally proceed is less a victory for justice than it is an overdue clearing of debris.
By Maya Ellison ·
Zuckerberg's AI promise masks private leverage at Koolau Ranch
The spectacle is always the same: the billionaire, armed with an AI manifesto, assures us that the future belongs to everyone.
By Emilio Quesada ·
AI's New Frontier: Data Control and the Illusion of Free Tech
The race for generalized cyber capability reveals that modern progress is built on unprecedented data extraction, far beyond Zuckerberg’s optimistic vision.
By Bram de Vries ·
Zuckerberg's "Future Is For Everyone" is just infrastructure control
Mark Zuckerberg dropped a 6,500-word essay titled "The Future Is For Everyone," which is less an optimistic vision and more a masterclass in deflection.
By Josie Calloway ·
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh warns OpenAI and Anthropic sandboxing failed
The illusion of progress—that gleaming promise of intelligence unbound by human frailty—is proving itself to be nothing more than an elaborate house of cards built upon profoundly…
By Aoife Gallagher ·