The FTC is cracking down on the major tech companies, but Facebook was given special attention. Following years of privacy and transparency issues, Facebook was finally fined $5 billion and must add more oversight via committees. Joshua Vergara and Jaime Rivera react to this development and talk about social media in general – and how much control it has over our data and our personal lives.

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Produced and hosted by

Joshua Vergara

Guests

Jaime Rivera




Our host of the Pocketnow Weekly loves tech and loves to drink tea! Joshua keeps the team and guests in line on our long-running podcast but also periodically brings his perspective to product videos and comparisons.

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