Gm. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Important question for you all:
What was your favorite leftover?
โ Stephen Flanders

๐ TECH
Metaโs Underage โSecretโ

Us Zoomers have a few universal experiences. COVID, obviously. Vine, YikYak, and TikTok is another.
And, perhaps most universally, signing up for Facebook and Instagram before we were of age.
Meta always denied it, but cโmon, everyone knew it was happening. And now we know the extent to which it was happening, as the states have revealed that 1.1 million kids under 13 signed up for Metaโs products since 2019, and only a fraction of them were disabled.
Not only that, but Meta actively โcoveted and pursuedโ those children and gave public statements praising the companyโs age verification toolsโฆeven though they knew those tools were not adequate.
If youโre wondering why this is coming out now, itโs because Meta is being sued by the states for poor child safety.
And if youโre wondering what happens if they are found guilty, well theyโd be on the hook for a fat fine, up to $50,000 per violation, which could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Big Picture: Thereโs a growing chorus of people concerned about the impact of social media on teens.

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Mind reading is getting awfully close.
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Bhutan has some secret bitcoin mining facilities.
Do Kwon is getting extradited to either the US or South Korea.
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BlackRock is really working on that ETF.

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๐คฉ MONDAY MOTIVATION
This oneโs for our Swiftieโs

๐ง POLL
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