The Show Is Streaming Live At The Following Platforms (Show Will Be Archived For A Few Days On Certain Platforms):
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Topics For The Show:
Main Topic Title:
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- UK Striking Out On It’s Own In Regulating Big Tech
- Britain throws down gauntlet to EU in Big Tech crackdown
- From blocking the Facebook-Giphy merger to joining up its digital regulators, the UK is striking out on its own.
- https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-big-tech-facebook-giphy-eu-brussels-digital/
- https://www.politico.eu/article/big-tech-breakup-uk-enforcement-era-facebook-giphy/
- The UK is renegotiating its relationship with Big Tech
- Britain throws down gauntlet to EU in Big Tech crackdown
- Facebook’s Apple-Induced Face Plant Could Haunt Company A While
- Meta Erases $251 Billion in Value, Biggest Wipeout in History (Apple Last Big Loser, $180Billion?)
- Meta clarifies stance on pulling Facebook and WhatsApp out of Europe
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-clarifies-stance-on-pulling-facebook-and-whatsapp-out-of-europe/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-07/meta-may-pull-facebook-instagram-from-europe-over-data-rules
- https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/facebook-europe-instagram-meta-pull-out-data-privacy.html
- Apple getting pushed around? Do more research (Move this to next week or later)
- Apple / Google Regulation
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/senate-to-mark-up-antitrust-bills-targeting-apple-google-and-amazon.htmlÂ
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/tech/google-apple-south-korea-apps-intl-hnk/index.htmlÂ
- https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-antitrust-the-senate-and-silicon-valley-2022-1
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/03/apple-exec-european-app-store-regulation-would-open-pandoras-box.html
- https://techxplore.com/news/2021-09-apple-aiming-big-tech.html
- https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/19/new-illinois-bill-could-force-apple-and-google-to-allow-alternative-app-store-payment-methods/
- Apple / Google Regulation
- Trucker Convoy Updates
- https://ground.news/article/b32e46d5-60f1-4cca-a025-44b8e5d2b840
- https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/trudeau-wants-the-foreign-money-funding-illegal-protests-in-canada-to-stop
- https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-protesters-police-deadlocked-tensions-simmer-blocked-border-bridge-2022-02-13/
- https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/13/americas/canada-truckers-protests-covid-sunday/index.html
- https://ottawacitizen.com/news/trucker-convoy-protest-enters-day-17-in-ottawa-arrests-in-windsor
- https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/operations-at-coutts-alta-crossing-disrupted-until-further-notice-1.5779196
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/defiant-protesters-remain-at-key-us-canada-border-crossing/2022/02/12/3129fd38-8c04-11ec-838f-0cfdf69cce3c_story.html
- https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2002492483943
- https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2002517571732
- https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2002499651988
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/13/freedom-convoys-legitimate-covid-protest-or-vehicle-for-darker-beliefs
- https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/td-bank-to-hand-convoy-funds-to-court-as-organizers-turn-to-cryptocurrency-1.5778435
- https://globalnews.ca/news/8615208/ambassador-bridge-police-convoy-clearing/?utm_source=site_banner
- Ukraine Updates
- US Fed Tests Digital Transactions
- UK Striking Out On It’s Own In Regulating Big Tech
Current Events and Bizarro News:
- Bizarro News
- https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2002240067955
- https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article258271868.html
- https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/11/recording-reveals-richard-nixons-anger-over-nfl-blackouts/
- https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2022/02/09/dr-evil-snoop-seth-rogen-and-other-big-names-in-latest-super-bowl-ads-videos/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2c5Y7uTQw&t=10s
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