Meta’s $17B Reckoning & Why Parents Can’t Compete With Big Tech's Algorithm

Podcast: More or Less · Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin

Opublikowano: 2026-08-28

Sam is recording poolside, Jess is embracing her agentic era, and somehow that’s the least chaotic part of this week’s episode. The squad digs into Meta’s $17 billion settlement over child safety and whether social media should basically be treated like alcohol, before asking the harder question: are parents even capable of competing with algorithms anymore? Dave says parents are “outgunned,” Sam thinks most parental controls are useless policy theater, Brit wants to rethink the operating system itself, and Jess would simply like her kids to touch grass. Then, with Tim Cook preparing to pass the torch at Apple...