About this episode
Instagram and TikTok are on a collision course. Instagram wants to be more like TikTok, while TikTok hopes to move the goalposts first. Amazon wants Lina Khan to recuse herself. Big tech is not only taking over advertising, it’s consolidating it. And anyone can get their hands on Starlink next month, but not everyone might want to. Sponsors: Masterworks.io promocode RIDE Cybereason.com Links: Facebook is testing drastic changes to Instagram to make it more like TikTok (CNBC) TikTok is rolling out longer videos to everyone (The Verge) Federal judge puts Florida 'deplatforming' law on hold, citing First Amendment (NBC News) Amazon Wants FTC Chair Khan Recused Over Past Criticism (Bloomberg) Maine has strictly banned facial recognition from schools and policing (Input) The EU’s 'vaccine passport' and what it means for travel (BBC) Quintopoly? Five tech companies now earn 46% of global ad revenues as news media left behind (Press Gazette) Tim Berners-Lee sells web source code NFT for $5.4m (BBC) Starlink will be open to everyone in August — not that you'll want it (Input) SpaceX's Starlink may bring faster Wi-Fi to commercial planes (Input) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices