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Big Tech Accountability Winning on Culture, Data Centers Black-boxed by NDAs
This week in The Dispatch we’re covering early signs that Big Tech AI companies are losing the culture wars, states get gag-ordered into subsidizing data centers.
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This week in The Dispatch we’re covering early signs that Big Tech AI companies are losing the culture wars, states get gag-ordered into subsidizing data centers.
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AI super PACs run by OpenAI / Meta / big tech think they can run the crypto playbook from 2018 -- but voters actually know what Big Tech and AI is (and they don't like it). it won't work
@sachalouise.bsky.social makes it clear to Big Tech: bring it on.
"When you are fighting public opinion, money only goes so far...We've seen survey after survey showing that Americans are skeptical of AI, they're distrustful of the tech CEOs, and they hate the data centers."
"When you are fighting public opinion, money only goes so far...We've seen survey after survey showing that Americans are skeptical of AI, they're distrustful of the tech CEOs, and they hate the data centers."
January 21, 2026 at 6:20 PM
AI super PACs run by OpenAI / Meta / big tech think they can run the crypto playbook from 2018 -- but voters actually know what Big Tech and AI is (and they don't like it). it won't work
SHOT: Bad take from OpenAI’s Chris Lehane about AI POPuLiSM
CHASER: Sent from Davos
CHASER: Sent from Davos
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
SHOT: Bad take from OpenAI’s Chris Lehane about AI POPuLiSM
CHASER: Sent from Davos
CHASER: Sent from Davos
💰 FOLLOW THE MONEY: Big Tech AI companies are already pouring tens of millions into the midterms to elect an obedient Congress that will let industry write the rules so that they can keep raising prices on everyday goods and services.
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM
💰 FOLLOW THE MONEY: Big Tech AI companies are already pouring tens of millions into the midterms to elect an obedient Congress that will let industry write the rules so that they can keep raising prices on everyday goods and services.
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There’s only one reason why Snapchat would settle on the eve of trial, and that is because what was about to become public is so damning that they were hoping the evidence they have denied for years will never see the light of day.
Snap reaches an agreement to settle a social media addiction lawsuit, a week before the start of a trial in the first of several social media addiction lawsuits (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
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January 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
There’s only one reason why Snapchat would settle on the eve of trial, and that is because what was about to become public is so damning that they were hoping the evidence they have denied for years will never see the light of day.
🗒️TOP STATEMENT: "ChatGPT drove minors to suicidal ideation, coached them through how to take their own lives, and dissuaded them from seeking medical help and counseling when they needed it most. Nothing could be more audacious than rolling a deadly product out at scale..."
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
🗒️TOP STATEMENT: "ChatGPT drove minors to suicidal ideation, coached them through how to take their own lives, and dissuaded them from seeking medical help and counseling when they needed it most. Nothing could be more audacious than rolling a deadly product out at scale..."
@sachalouise.bsky.social on Google and CharacterAI settling lawsuits over teen suicides:
“These lawsuits have awakened the world to how deadly AI chatbots can be by hauling these depraved companies into the spotlight."
“These lawsuits have awakened the world to how deadly AI chatbots can be by hauling these depraved companies into the spotlight."
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
@sachalouise.bsky.social on Google and CharacterAI settling lawsuits over teen suicides:
“These lawsuits have awakened the world to how deadly AI chatbots can be by hauling these depraved companies into the spotlight."
“These lawsuits have awakened the world to how deadly AI chatbots can be by hauling these depraved companies into the spotlight."
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If we don't see hallmark movies about data centers next holiday season, we riot.
The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If we don't see hallmark movies about data centers next holiday season, we riot.
🪨 Rampant scams on Meta's ad platforms
🪨 Trump's AI EO drawing fire from GOP
🪨 Big Tech's last-minute push to water down the NYS RAISE ACT
All that, and more in this week's edition of The Dispatch.
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🪨 Trump's AI EO drawing fire from GOP
🪨 Big Tech's last-minute push to water down the NYS RAISE ACT
All that, and more in this week's edition of The Dispatch.
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Ending Public Funding for Big Tech AI, GOP Stampede Against Trump's AI EO
This week in The Dispatch, we cover the GOP backlash to the Trump-Sacks AI executive order and a new, forward-looking data center policy proposal
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December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🪨 Rampant scams on Meta's ad platforms
🪨 Trump's AI EO drawing fire from GOP
🪨 Big Tech's last-minute push to water down the NYS RAISE ACT
All that, and more in this week's edition of The Dispatch.
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🪨 Trump's AI EO drawing fire from GOP
🪨 Big Tech's last-minute push to water down the NYS RAISE ACT
All that, and more in this week's edition of The Dispatch.
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@sachalouise.bsky.social: "Google wines and dines lawmakers for the same reason they are funding Trump’s ballroom: the American people increasingly dislike their products and distrust their leadership, so Google resorts to buying influence."
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
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Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
www.levernews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@sachalouise.bsky.social: "Google wines and dines lawmakers for the same reason they are funding Trump’s ballroom: the American people increasingly dislike their products and distrust their leadership, so Google resorts to buying influence."
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
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The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI
Big Tech whistleblowers are heroes, and the pushback – and in some cases potential bankruptcy – they face for their bravery underscores how far Big Tech CEOs, like Mark Zuckerberg, are willing to go to silence the truth.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Big Tech whistleblowers are heroes, and the pushback – and in some cases potential bankruptcy – they face for their bravery underscores how far Big Tech CEOs, like Mark Zuckerberg, are willing to go to silence the truth.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/...
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LETTER: Over 150+ NYS parents, including survivor parents, are calling on Governor Hochul to sign the Raise Act as passed by the legislature – underscoring what's at stake.
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
LETTER: Over 150+ NYS parents, including survivor parents, are calling on Governor Hochul to sign the Raise Act as passed by the legislature – underscoring what's at stake.
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The War on Christmas: Brought to you by Big Tech AI
@sachalouise.bsky.social: "Google wines and dines lawmakers for the same reason they are funding Trump’s ballroom: the American people increasingly dislike their products and distrust their leadership, so Google resorts to buying influence."
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
Google Bankrolled Secret Summit For Key State Lawmakers
Disclosure documents show the tech giant treated state legislators to a perk-filled Chicago junket this fall; now those officials are considering legislation that could impact Google’s bottom line.
www.levernews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@sachalouise.bsky.social: "Google wines and dines lawmakers for the same reason they are funding Trump’s ballroom: the American people increasingly dislike their products and distrust their leadership, so Google resorts to buying influence."
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
www.levernews.com/google-bank...
LETTER: Over 150+ NYS parents, including survivor parents, are calling on Governor Hochul to sign the Raise Act as passed by the legislature – underscoring what's at stake.
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
LETTER: Over 150+ NYS parents, including survivor parents, are calling on Governor Hochul to sign the Raise Act as passed by the legislature – underscoring what's at stake.
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
"Without this commonsense law...young people and their families will be first to bear the consequences."
After losing in Congress twice, Big Tech is punishing states protecting people from AI harms.
@sachalouise.bsky.social : The Trump-Sacks EO proves that the WH only listens to powerful Big Tech CEOs who fund ballrooms rather than the everyday people they pretend to serve.
@sachalouise.bsky.social : The Trump-Sacks EO proves that the WH only listens to powerful Big Tech CEOs who fund ballrooms rather than the everyday people they pretend to serve.
Trump signs executive order aimed at preventing states from regulating AI
Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI laws
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
After losing in Congress twice, Big Tech is punishing states protecting people from AI harms.
@sachalouise.bsky.social : The Trump-Sacks EO proves that the WH only listens to powerful Big Tech CEOs who fund ballrooms rather than the everyday people they pretend to serve.
@sachalouise.bsky.social : The Trump-Sacks EO proves that the WH only listens to powerful Big Tech CEOs who fund ballrooms rather than the everyday people they pretend to serve.
Grocery prices are up 25% since 2020 and Instacart is quietly running AI pricing experiments, charging different shoppers up to 23% more than others — for the same products, at the same time, at the same store.
That ain’t right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
That ain’t right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
The findings are the latest example of how the notion of a single price is breaking down in the digital age, a trend economists say could be pushing up some prices.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Grocery prices are up 25% since 2020 and Instacart is quietly running AI pricing experiments, charging different shoppers up to 23% more than others — for the same products, at the same time, at the same store.
That ain’t right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
That ain’t right.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
We need AI guardrails so badly. Even tech executives are succumbing to psychosis and committing horrible acts. We cannot afford to give Big Tech AI amnesty.
A former tech executive killed his mother. Her family says ChatGPT made her a target.
A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that ChatGPT encouraged a man’s delusional thinking, leading him to kill his 83-year-old mother and take his own life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We need AI guardrails so badly. Even tech executives are succumbing to psychosis and committing horrible acts. We cannot afford to give Big Tech AI amnesty.
Our airports, power grids, financial systems, and defense pipelines run on opaque, unregulated AI, which foreign adversaries are already attacking.
Those systems need oversight and guardrails. Trump’s EO makes a bad national security situation even worse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/...
Those systems need oversight and guardrails. Trump’s EO makes a bad national security situation even worse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/...
Trump’s AI-Regulation Ban Is a Threat to National Security
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our airports, power grids, financial systems, and defense pipelines run on opaque, unregulated AI, which foreign adversaries are already attacking.
Those systems need oversight and guardrails. Trump’s EO makes a bad national security situation even worse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/...
Those systems need oversight and guardrails. Trump’s EO makes a bad national security situation even worse.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/...
This week in The Dispatch we wrote about a House Energy and Commerce hearing mulling a version of KOSA that’s so watered down, it's opposed by the survivor parents who have championed the legislation.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This week in The Dispatch we wrote about a House Energy and Commerce hearing mulling a version of KOSA that’s so watered down, it's opposed by the survivor parents who have championed the legislation.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
Newly unsealed Meta court documents show what the company has denied for years: its products harm children, its executives ignored internal warnings, predators and traffickers operated freely on the platform, and Meta misled Congress and the public about what it knew.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Newly unsealed Meta court documents show what the company has denied for years: its products harm children, its executives ignored internal warnings, predators and traffickers operated freely on the platform, and Meta misled Congress and the public about what it knew.
🧾 ICYMI: Another example of Big Tech co-opting the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to launder their talking points, and whitewash the damage Meta and TikTok products are causing to a generation of children and teens.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/...
Meta used National PTA to promote child safety efforts, report finds
A report alleges the National PTA's relationship with Meta "gives a sheen of expert approval" to the company's "efforts to keep young users" on its platforms.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🧾 ICYMI: Another example of Big Tech co-opting the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to launder their talking points, and whitewash the damage Meta and TikTok products are causing to a generation of children and teens.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/26/...
This is an illegal workaround that the Trump Admin and the Big Tech AI companies are using because they don't have the votes for AI amnesty in Congress.
This will harm kids, raise prices, and scam hardworking people out of their money.
This will harm kids, raise prices, and scam hardworking people out of their money.
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is an illegal workaround that the Trump Admin and the Big Tech AI companies are using because they don't have the votes for AI amnesty in Congress.
This will harm kids, raise prices, and scam hardworking people out of their money.
This will harm kids, raise prices, and scam hardworking people out of their money.
📬 INBOX ALERT: This week in The Dispatch, we cover Meta’s 17-strike system for sexual predators, the AI super PACs trying to buy Congress, and how White House AI czar David Sacks is shaping an industry he’s invested in hundreds of times over.
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Smoking Gun Meta Docs, the AI Super PAC Preemption Machine
This week in The Dispatch, we’re covering new court documents revealing Meta's 17-strike system for sexual predators and child traffickers, the AI super PACs trying to buy themselves a Congress, and the White House AI czar shaping an industry he’s invested in hundreds of times over.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
📬 INBOX ALERT: This week in The Dispatch, we cover Meta’s 17-strike system for sexual predators, the AI super PACs trying to buy Congress, and how White House AI czar David Sacks is shaping an industry he’s invested in hundreds of times over.
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California may have passed several laws meant to protect children online, but families say there's still a long way to go.
Advocate Julianna Arnold, whose daughter was groomed on Instagram before her death, is gearing up for a renewed push to pass stronger regulations in 2026
Advocate Julianna Arnold, whose daughter was groomed on Instagram before her death, is gearing up for a renewed push to pass stronger regulations in 2026
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
California may have passed several laws meant to protect children online, but families say there's still a long way to go.
Advocate Julianna Arnold, whose daughter was groomed on Instagram before her death, is gearing up for a renewed push to pass stronger regulations in 2026
Advocate Julianna Arnold, whose daughter was groomed on Instagram before her death, is gearing up for a renewed push to pass stronger regulations in 2026