The Rip Current with Jacob Ward

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Memo to Zuckerberg: “Don’t we run the risk of normalizing bad behavior?”
Meta’s safety expert Arturo Bejar made a last-ditch effort to communicate to the CEO just how far from protecting kids his company was. Here it is, in…
 • Jacob Ward
Meta Trial Day 2: If Zuckerberg Wanted it Done, It Would Be Done
Damning testimony from a Meta insider, who explained what he called its "don't ask, don't tell" attitude toward children under 13 — and why Meta's CEO…
 • Jacob Ward
12:40
“You Just Cannot Trust Mark Zuckerberg with Kids”
Meta tried to have today’s witness barred from court...and no wonder. Former safety researcher Arturo Bejar told the world today that Meta is built for…
 • Jacob Ward
Jake on CNN: Meta Trial Day One
Two appearances, one theme. Social media is about to change forever, as we all begin to name something that’s been bothering us for quite some time.
 • Jacob Ward
The Meta Trial: How Zuck Will Fight Back
Meta hired Big Pharma’s closer to defend it — a lawyer known for taking witnesses apart and for injecting crucial amounts of doubt into a jury. Here’s…
 • Jacob Ward
12:57
The Meta Trial: The States Say “We Have the Evidence”
Here’s what the states say they’ll use to show a pattern of deception and dishonesty at Meta: the company’s own research.
 • Jacob Ward
12:57
Meta Trial Day 1: Damning Memos, Scientific Doubt
On day one of the states’ trial in Oakland, California’s lead attorney and Meta’s lead attorney prepared the jury to hear opposite interpretations of…
 • Jacob Ward
Inside Meta's Biggest Case Yet
Are Zuckerberg and Mosseri about to take the stand in Meta's most painful court loss? Here's a look at how this 29-state brawl might go.
 • Jacob Ward
15:19
The Case Against Meta
Meta has lost every contest that reached a jury. And in a jury trial this week, for the first time, four states are expected to ask a federal judge to…
 • Jacob Ward
Zuckerberg's Biggest Trial Yet
Next week sees Meta square off against four state attorneys general, who could ask for as much as $1.4 trillion from a company worth $1.5 trillion. The…
 • Jacob Ward
14:33
Why AI Must Confess Now
New rules out of Europe will change all of our relationship with AI. Plus: the frightening history of important law-making moments like this.
 • Jacob Ward
15:32
AI, Reveal Thyself.
Europe just changed the rules for passing off AI writing as our own, and the big model makers are now ready to out you for doing it.
 • Jacob Ward
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