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A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.

  • Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
  • NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids
  • Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age
  • Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
  • It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage
  • Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD
  • Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It
  • Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals
  • Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
  • Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
  • 780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks
  • Fortnite is getting Unity games
  • Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
  • SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer
  • Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode
  • A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon
  • Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream
  • White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

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A judge is racing to break up Google's advertising empire before they can appeal, while Microsoft's Copilot stumbles on camera. Australia's sweeping social bans, Roblox's selfie requirement, and flawed AI moderation spark sharp debate on what happens when online gatekeeping gets serious.

  • Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
  • NetChoice Sues Virginia To Block Its One-Hour Social Media Limit For Kids
  • Roblox is requiring 9yo kids to submit a video selfie to prove age
  • Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
  • It's not just you, many websites are not working this morning amid Cloudflare outage
  • Cloudflare-related variation on the classic XKCD
  • Trump's DOGE Is Dead and We Won't Miss It
  • Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals
  • Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
  • Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
  • 780,000 Windows Users Downloaded Linux Distro Zorin OS in the Last 5 Weeks
  • Fortnite is getting Unity games
  • Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
  • SEC Dismisses Case Against SolarWinds, Top Security Officer
  • Google Starts Testing Ads In AI Mode
  • A decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon
  • Work is "optional" and irrelevant money: Musk's creepy utopian dream
  • White House Tries to axe the GAIN act (Act that would have prevented AI tech from being sold to other nations.)

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Molly White, and Wesley Faulkner

Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!
Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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