Big Tech Gut Check (week of August 5, 2024)

The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.

Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:

• Snapchat's Harmful "Snapchat+" Feature Reaches 11 Million Subscribers 
• TikTok To Remove Addictive Rewards Program from TikTok Lite in EU (more here)
• Frank McCourt and Project Liberty Creating "People's Bid" for TikTok (interview with Frank)
• TikTok Censors Content Served to Americans (more here)
• Google and Meta Run Secret Ad Campaign Targeting Kids (more here)

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