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2025

Reactions to the US Supreme Court’s TikTok Ruling

Nicole Gill, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Accountable Tech: "Although social media is a tool for connection, community, and exploration, it is also a weapon for mass disinformation, manipulation, and addiction. For years now, China has had this weapon pointed at millions of Americans through TikTok, with profound power to collect vast amounts of data and potentially exploit how Americans receive information. But they are not alone: Meta and other U.S. companies use similar tactics to addict and exploit their users – including young people – in this country and around the world."

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KQED
Apr 17, 2025
Google’s Ad Dominance Is Illegal, Federal Judge Rules

“'We’re excited to see such enthusiasm,' said Alison Rice with Accountable Tech, which targets the industry’s surveillance advertising business model. 'The mechanism and the model that Big Tech has been using is taking advantage of the power that they have over this entire ecosystem to leverage nefarious designs and weaponize them in order to drive profits.'”

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CBS 19 News
Apr 17, 2025
Google has illegal monopoly in ad tech, US judge rules

Nicole Gill, co-founder of advocacy group Accountable Tech, called Brinkema's decision a "massive victory,"

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