Thu. 02/01 – A Tech Regulation Tipping Point?

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Why I think yesterday’s Congressional hearings might actually be a tipping point for tech regulation. What would a Kids Online Safety Act actually mean? More proof of YouTube’s dominance. Celsius and FTX customers are about to get some money back. And Google’s new text to image AI processor. Sponsors: Kolide.com/ride Links: Microsoft, X throw their weight behind KOSA, the controversial kids online safety bill (TechCrunch) Americans’ Social Media Use (Pew Research Center) Celsius to Distribute $3B Crypto to Creditors as Firm Emerges From Bankruptcy (CoinDesk) Google launches an AI-powered image generator (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Thursday, February 1st, 2024.
0:07.7	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.0	Why I think yesterday's congressional hearings might actually be a tipping point for tech regulation.
0:14.7	What would a Kids Online Safety Act actually mean?
0:17.8	More proof of YouTube's dominance.
0:19.7	Celsius and FTX customers are about to get some money back and Google's new text to AI Image processor.
0:25.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of Tech.
0:28.0	As I said yesterday, this show basically has existed during the entire era of the great
0:37.8	Let's Hall Tech Executives before Congress, like that scene in the usual suspects
0:42.0	and try to either embarrass them or embarrass ourselves
0:45.2	by our congressional lack of knowledge of anything tech series of tube style.
0:50.9	Yesterday's Senate committee hearings had their share of embarrassing moments like this attempted
0:55.8	gotcha by Senator Tom Cotton on the Tik-Toc CEO.
1:00.9	You said today, as you often say say that you live in Singapore. Of what nation are you a citizen?
1:06.8	Singapore. Are you a citizen of any other nation? No senator. Have you ever applied for Chinese citizenship?
1:12.8	Senator, I serve my nation in Singapore.
1:15.2	No, I did not.
1:16.6	Do you have a Singapore in passport?
1:18.6	Yes, and I served my military for two and a half years in Singapore.
1:21.5	Do you have any other
1:22.9	passports from any other nation? No, Senator. Your wife is an American
1:26.0	citizen, your children are American citizens. That's correct. Have you ever
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