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Big Tech Gut Check (week of April 7, 2025)

April 11, 2025
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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:

  • Meta Expands Teen Accounts
  • Facebook Whistleblower Speaks to Congress (opening statement)
  • Fairplay Files FTC Complaint Against Meta
  • Snapchat Announces Support of Take it Down Act
  • Trump States TikTok Deal is "Still on the table."
  • Statement from ByteDance on TikTok Deal
  • [STUDY] TikTok Ban Loses Support Among Americans
  • [STUDY] Prevalence and Patterns of Social Media Use in Early Adolescents
  • [STUDY] Social Media Use at Bedtime

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