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If you were wondering how trial was going before all of this, here's a wrap of the first week. The jury is adjourned until Monday, and tomorrow the DOJ antitrust chief and Live Nation CEO will appear in court. www.theverge.com/report/89124...
It was an eventful morning in court at US v. Live Nation. DOJ reached a settlement, 28 AGs are filing for mistrial and pushing forward, and the judge said he should have been informed about all this much earlier. More here: www.theverge.com/policy/89137...
Cut off the left arm, and the right arm will swing back. That's how two concert venue execs described Live Nation-Ticketmaster's tactics. When the venues considered switching from Ticketmaster, they said, the ticketer threatened they'd lose Live Nation shows www.theverge.com/policy/88972...
“Saying you’re better is not a THREAT!” says Live Nation in its defense against the government's claims that it monopolized parts of the concert industry.
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Today, the jury in the LA social media trial heard from former Meta executive Brian Boland, who helped build the company’s ad business, and then became one of its biggest critics. www.theverge.com/policy/88170...
Mark Zuckerberg went through the same security screening as the rest of us at the LA courthouse today, and walked past a crowd of reporters and parent advocates to reach his seat in the witness box. Here's what he told us. www.theverge.com/policy/88121...
Verge headline: Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand as social media goes on trial by Lauren Feiner Photo illustration depicts Mark Zuckberberg set against a field of Meta logos
The way that Meta and YouTube designed their products — allegedly luring users into a nonstop loop of taps and scrolling — is at the heart of this month’s bellwether social media trial, which sets the stage for thousands of similar lawsuits.
Read more from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social: buff.ly/ndKT7WQ
While we waited to hear who would get one of the 15 public lottery seats to see Zuckerberg testify, parent advocates cheered when one of their own got a seat. Here’s what they told me about why it’s so important that the Meta CEO sees them there www.theverge.com/policy/88037...
It was great joining @audiecornish.bsky.social this morning on @cnn.com to discuss the social media addiction trials underway, and what's going on with doorbell camera surveillance
The Justice Department's top antitrust enforcer is out just weeks before it's set to go to trial against Live Nation over its alleged entertainment monopoly. Semafor recently reported that Slater had been sidelined in negotiations over the case. www.theverge.com/policy/87816...
"[A]ge checks, not thoughtful design, are becoming platforms’ standard response to pressure from around the globe." via @emroth08.bsky.social
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Day 1 of New Mexico's case against Meta previewed some disturbing evidence about child predators allegedly engaging on the platform. Meta's attorney warned the jury not to get "distracted" because what the state really needs to prove is whether it told the truth. www.theverge.com/policy/87616...
A group seeking internal FCC docs about DOGE's role at the agency say that the FCC has acted "in bad faith" to respond to their FOIA request and is now seeking discovery. www.theverge.com/policy/87598...
Section 230 has survived 30 years, and become one of the most beloved and reviled laws regarding the tech industry. As it marks this milestone, it's facing some of its biggest threats yet from both Congress and the courts. www.theverge.com/policy/87530...
New: An unsealed email shows how Zuckerberg responded inside Meta after WSJ published its internal research on teen girls' mental health. In the email, he said he felt peers like Apple face less scrutiny by looking inward less, and wondered if Meta should follow. www.theverge.com/report/87417...
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Human judges and the system they work in have flaws and limits. One infamous study found judges give less harsh rulings right after lunch. While AI's flubs in the courtroom are high profile, could the technology someday make the legal system better? Some already think it is.
This is a sampling of the kind of internal discussions that will come out in the various social media trials taking place this year. The emails and slide decks show platforms recognizing business value in teen users, but also considering safety risks and how to respond theverge.com/policy/86784...
This week, a case accusing social media platforms of designing harmful products is going to trial, as thousands more wait in the wings. I explain how the avalanche of cases will work, and what we might learn about the inner workings of these companies this year www.theverge.com/policy/86783...
After all that, Congress still doesn't know if the TikTok deal complies with the law www.theverge.com/news/866977/...
Now that the TikTok deal is done, we've lifted a few articles out of the paywall for today in an effort to see how we got here.
First, here's @laurenfeiner.bsky.social on the TikTok ban that kind of wasn't.
If you're missing some spicy tech antitrust trial coverage, @seanhollister.bsky.social 's dispatch from today's Epic v. Google hearing with some choice quotes from Judge Donato is worth a read www.theverge.com/23945184/epi...
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
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Verge headline: Will you have to show your ID at the app store? Illustration shows a phone with app store logos covered up by a wrinkly 18+ sticker
App stores are gateways. Lawmakers want them to have checkpoints.
This piece from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social is free to read for everyone (but only for today): www.theverge.com/column/85935...htt
I went to the opening for PubKey, a Bitcoin bar originally from NY with a new location in downtown DC. It was wacky and wild and had several Santas, Chinese lion dancers, a mariachi band, and more.
But the weirdest thing of all were the federal employees in suits.
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Judge Robert Pitman wrote that the statute “is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door and, for minors, require parental consent before the child or teen could enter and again when they try to purchase a book.” www.theverge.com/news/849752/...
In what could be a bellwether for a popular new approach to kids online safety laws, a judge ruled to block Texas' app store age verification law from taking effect. I'm interested to see how states with similar laws and federal lawmakers introducing them respond. www.theverge.com/news/849752/...
It's been quite the year in Washington! www.theverge.com/policy/84583...
It can vary! But there’s now a few articles a day offered without the paywall for that day
