TWiT 1077: I Would Download a Car - New Jury Ruling Could Reshape Social Media Liability

About this episode

The episode discusses recent legal challenges faced by Big Tech regarding social media addiction and its implications for liability and privacy.

Big Tech just faced a courtroom reckoning, with Meta and Google found liable for platform "addictiveness" in a social media trial that could unleash a tidal wave of lawsuits. Find out why attorneys, entrepreneurs, and everyday users are suddenly on edge. • Social media addiction lawsuits hit Meta, Google, YouTube • Section 230 and First Amendment implications debated after court verdicts • Supreme Court sides with Cox; ISPs not liable for user piracy • Elon Musk's lawsuit over X (Twitter) ad boycotts thrown out • Anthropic versus Department of Defense: AI contracting dispute and retaliation claims • FCC's confusing foreign-made router ban and consumer tech fallout • Major supply chain attack: LiteLLM malware infects AI devs • The rise (and risks) of AI agents with voice, identity, and personification • Turing Award honors pioneers of quantum cryptography • Antimatter on the move: CERN's oddball truck experiment • Sci-fi and reality blur as Neal Stephenson walks away from the metaverse • Privacy and consent worries escalate with AI-powered recordings and surveillance • Digital shelf pricing arrives at Walmart and Kroger • Flipper Zero: voice-controlled hacking gadget gets an AI…

People in this episode

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed, Brian McCullough, Cathy Gellis

Topics covered

• social media liability
• Big Tech lawsuits
• AI and technology
• privacy concerns
• digital security
• social media addiction
• quantum cryptography

Keywords

• social media
• lawsuits
• AI
• privacy
• Big Tech
• CERN
• quantum cryptography
• digital security
• addictiveness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Google, YouTube, Cox, FCC, CERN, Anthropic, Department of Defense, Walmart, Kroger

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