The Level1 Show July 18 2023: Achievement Unlocked: Defeat the FTC

https://linode.com/level1techs https://www.one-tab.com/page/U4sjc_id... 0:00 - Intro 1:48 - Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard 2:20 - US asks appeals court to pause Microsoft deal after lower court refuses 4:38 - Massachusetts Considers Ban on Sale of Phone Location Data 5:35 - FTC chair defends tenure as lawmakers battle over consumer agency's impact 7:24 - Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta 8:51 - A senator had trouble saying no to TSA's voluntary facial recogntion 9:15 - Ripple's open market sales of XRP cryptocurrency aren't securities, court rules in landmark decision 10:26 - Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show 11:39 - US to decide on GM request to deploy self-driving cars 13:18 - Bungie wins landmark harassment lawsuit against Destiny 2 troll 15:10 - Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google 16:28 - Privacy fears dominate launch of digital euro plan 18:32 - Phones with replaceable batteries to be required by 2027 thanks to the EU 20:01 - Amazon claims it isn’t a “Very Large Online Platform” to evade EU rules 21:25 - EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure 22:50 - Russian parliament passes digital ruble bill 23:35 - Twenty-four central banks will have digital currencies by 2030, survey shows 24:14 - TikTok executive admits Australian users’ data accessed by employees in China 25:04 - Most Americans Say TikTok Is US National Security Threat 25:51 - TikTok Plastic Surgeon ‘Dr. Roxy’ Loses Medical License 27:00 - Knight Institute files lawsuit against Texas's TikTok ban 27:49 - Redbox & TikTok Set Deal For Short-Form Videos To Stream On 3,000 Kiosks 28:59 - Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users 29:18 - Meta Threads engagement has dropped off: Sensor Tower, SimilarWeb 30:05 - Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta gives DMs to cops 32:32 - Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit 33:55 - Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic 35:24 - Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators #level1show ********************************** Check us out online at the following places! https://bio.link/level1techs IMPORTANT Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro and Outro Music By: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...