Zuck in the Hot Seat, Meta's $65M Election Play
This week in The Dispatch: What Mark Zuckerberg told the court; Meta spends big in elections; NJ steps up on child safety
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⚖️ JUDGEMENT DAY: Zuckerberg Takes the Stand in Landmark Trial
Welcome back to The Dispatch from The Tech Oversight Project, your weekly updates on all things tech accountability. Follow us on Twitter at @Tech_Oversight and @techoversight.bsky.social on Bluesky. Z-DAY HAS ARRIVED: As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand today in the landmark social media addiction trials, newly
TOP REPORT: Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can’t Trust His Testimony.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project issued the following report on the eve of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in the social media addiction trials. The report analyzes Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2024 against newly unsealed documents that show Zuckerberg lied
Social Media’s Reckoning; AI Super PACs and Epstein Files Overlap
This week in The Dispatch: Big Tech CEOs who appear in Epstein files pouring tons of money into AI super PACs
Jury Selection Continues, Debrief on Snap & TikTok Settlements
This week in The Dispatch, we cover the social media addiction trials and dissect the Snap and TikTok settlements
Historic Social Media Addiction Trials Begin Jury Selection, Unsealed Docs Reveal Deliberate Design to Hook Kids
This week in The Dispatch, we cover the latest in the Big Tech social media addiction trials, new docs on Big Tech's deliberate product designs, and 2025 lobbying totals
Big Tech's Day In Court, Grok Spurs Action from Senate
This week in The Dispatch, we cover Big Tech's social media addiction trials, a plan for data centers, and Grok's role in passing the DEFIANCE Act
The New Political Costs of AI and Data Centers Emerge
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
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
New 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.
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.
Big Tech Accountability Wins Elections and OpenAI Deletes Trial Evidence
This week in The Dispatch we're covering how candidates who ran on Big Tech accountability swept key races, a federal judge orders OpenAI to hand over deleted evidence in copyright trial, and New York enacts new safety laws for AI chatbots.