{"id":234,"date":"2026-06-16T15:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:38:18","slug":"organized-money-meta-is-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frontierhousingreport.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Organized Money: Meta Is Dying"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last month, veteran journalist Julia Angwin wrote an op-ed, \u201cMeta Is Dying. It\u2019s About Time,\u201d\u00a0which details the ways in which Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have become a kind of zombie business: think Yahoo, Myspace, and AOL after their dot-com peaks. In this episode, we invite Angwin on the show to discuss her op-ed and dance on Meta\u2019s grave\u2014just a little, because it turns out a dying company can still be a dangerous one. From Meta\u2019s money-burning forays into the metaverse, failed acquisition sprees, and gross exploitation of fraudulent ads on their marketplace, we discuss the ways Meta is losing reach and influence, while still maintaining vast power over politics and the gatekeeping of information.<\/p>\n

Then, we pivot to talking about Angwin\u2019s new book, now available for pre-order:\u00a0On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear<\/em>,\u00a0a reported account of how dissidents from around the world fight against authoritarianism and how we can learn from them in our own struggles. Fighting autocrats doesn\u2019t just mean holding up signs and storming the capital; it can also mean small acts of resistance we can all practice in our own way to make big change in our communities.<\/p>\n

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