The Twitter DeSaster and the Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning
May 26, 2023
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Episode 408 · May 26, 2023
The Twitter DeSaster and the Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning
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The Twitter DeSaster and the Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning
Summary
Meta will sell Giphy in an antitrust loss, and the man who ran a Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet is now tracking Ron Desantis. Also, the latest in the culture wars: A Florida school has limited access to Amanda Gorman’s poetry, and Target will remove some Pride merch after a backlash. Plus, Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run on Twitter Spaces… and it didn’t go quite as planned. And the Surgeon General warns that social media may be harmful to young users. Then, a listener question on HBO Max rebranding to Max.
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