States drop the hammer on TikTok | Ep. 193

A series of lawsuits by state attorneys general spells more bad news for TikTok, whose use of algorithms that help kids get addicted to the app is at the heart of many of these lawsuits. Guest co-host RJ Bardsley joins the show to discuss this story and others, including whether robotaxis will ever take off, the dangers and scariness of infrastructure hacking, and why we should all use an AI tool to help us apply for 30,000 jobs on LinkedIn.

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Keith Shaw

[ray_donovan_v]

11:40. Exactly. Thanks, for that..

Parents not interjecting in their child's searching, or letting the child have free reign, and not interjecting at all.

I mostly record music, and this situation hurts musicians.

These big companies are controlling all this information.. and hindering small business growth, as well.

[hybridinfodesk]

I wouldn't let a child near Youtube. The content is too hardcore, spiritually damaging and abusive.

[hybridinfodesk]

The same was said for Youtube. Now it's abandoned and boring. Not as engaging as it once was. Too censored for the interesting material people actually seek. And the garbage manosphere crap is uncensored and vulgar. Why TikTok replaced it.