A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E152: It's Getting Weird (On the Tik Tok Ban Pt. 2 and the Hostile Takeover of the Internet) (Patreon)

My Related Work:

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E135: PSA - It's Ok To Take Care Of Yourself Amidst Chaos: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-ok-113115613

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E107: On the TikTok Ban: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-on-100441580

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E65: The End Of Web 2.0? (Social Media, 'New Media' Infrastructure, and Internet Scale): https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-of-83340668https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-we-104126735

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E9: On Liberation Work, 'Unity,' and the Concept of Scale: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-e9-56561913

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E43: Twitter, Trump & Elon Musk: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-74750544

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E137: Social Media Has Officially Outlived It's Usefulness: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-114004445

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E10: On Internet as Infrastructure and Tech Access: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-on-57131416

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E87: Fake News Is Still A Problem (On Algorithmic War Coverage and The Crumbling of Social Media News Infrastructure): https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-is-91478256

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E72: Twitter Goes Private (Social Media Is Still Not Public Infrastructure): https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-is-85753080

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E83: The Rise of ‘Core’ Culture and Gen Z Identity: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-of-89688169

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E115: Are We Post-'Authenticity?' https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-we-104126735

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E142: On The Disconnect Between Popular Culture & Leftist Politics (Pop Culture Is Circling The Drain Pt. 3 + Celeb Culture Is Over, That's Cancelled Pt. 2): https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-on-115950587 

A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E148: On Spotify Wrapped and the Value of Human Talent: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kick-in-teeth-on-118251584

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Links:

TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-voluntarily-shuts-down-in-u-s-divest-or-ban-law-set-to-take-effect/

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers

The Familiarity And Sadness Of Watching The Washington Post Go To Hell: https://defector.com/the-familiarity-and-sadness-of-watching-the-washington-post-go-to-hell

Meta wants to fill its social platforms with AI-generated bots: https://www.techspot.com/news/106138-meta-wants-fill-social-platforms-ai-generated-bots.html

Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves: https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-the-ai-slop-will-continue-until-morale-improves/

Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook: https://www.404media.co/metas-ai-profiles-are-indistinguishable-from-terrible-spam-that-took-over-facebook/

Dead Internet theory (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory

‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine: https://archive.ph/2024.12.21-235827/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html

Blake Lively Files Legal Action Against ‘It Ends With Us’ Co-Star and Director Justin Baldoni for Sexual Harassment: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/blake-lively-sues-justin-baldoni-sexual-harassment-1236092214/