This week Bridget recaps the tech stories you might have missed with longtime friend of the show indispensable Internet advocate Abbie Richards.

She is the Steve Martin of TANGOTI. If you're not following Abbie on TikTok you're missing out! www.tiktok.com/@tofology

US labor hero and friend of the show Chris Smalls, co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union, was beaten and choked by IDF soldiers while trying to deliver aid to Gaza. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/chris-smalls-amazon-labor-union-gaza

Substack sent a push notification for an openly nazi blog, continuing their streak of promoting nazis. https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog

The Discourse Is Broken- How did a jeans commercial with Sydney Sweeney come to this? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ads/683704/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo

First YouTube, and now LinkedIn, have changed their policies to allow discrimination against trans people: https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection and https://www.advocate.com/news/linkedin-transgender-deadnaming-misgendering-policy

TikTok adds footnotes in an attempt to add context to misinformation and fake content. We hope it helps! https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/rolling-out-tiktok-footnotes-in-the-us

Community Notes and its Narrow Understanding of Disinformation: https://www.techpolicy.press/community-notes-and-its-narrow-understanding-of-disinformation/

Trump Admin uses songs without permission to create cruelty porn. These people have no shame. https://newrepublic.com/post/198600/white-house-jet2-holiday-meme-deportation

There's Already a Class Action Lawsuit Against the Viral 'Tea' App: https://lifehacker.com/tech/tea-app-class-action-lawsuit

Spotify threatens to delete accounts that fail age-verification: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/spotify-threatens-to-delete-accounts-unless-users-prove-the/

Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere: https://www.zdnet.com/article/not-just-youtube-google-is-using-ai-to-guess-your-age-based-on-your-activity-everywhere/

If you’re listening on Spotify, you can leave a comment there or email us at hello@tangoti.com!

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This week Bridget recaps the tech stories you might have missed with longtime friend of the show indispensable Internet advocate Abbie Richards.
She is the Steve Martin of TANGOTI. If you're not following Abbie on TikTok you're missing out! <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tofology">www.tiktok.com/@tofology</a>
US labor hero and friend of the show Chris Smalls, co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union, was beaten and choked by IDF soldiers while trying to deliver aid to Gaza. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/chris-smalls-amazon-labor-union-gaza">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/29/chris-smalls-amazon-labor-union-gaza</a>
Substack sent a push notification for an openly nazi blog, continuing their streak of promoting nazis. <a href="https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog">https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog</a>
The Discourse Is Broken- How did a jeans commercial with Sydney Sweeney come to this? <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ads/683704/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=edit-promo">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ads/683704/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=edit-promo</a>
First YouTube, and now LinkedIn, have changed their policies to allow discrimination against trans people:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection">https://www.advocate.com/business/youtube-scraps-gender-identity-protection</a> and <a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/linkedin-transgender-deadnaming-misgendering-policy">https://www.advocate.com/news/linkedin-transgender-deadnaming-misgendering-policy</a>
TikTok adds footnotes in an attempt to add context to misinformation and fake content. We hope it helps! <a href="https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/rolling-out-tiktok-footnotes-in-the-us">https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/rolling-out-tiktok-footnotes-in-the-us</a>
Community Notes and its Narrow Understanding of Disinformation: <a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/community-notes-and-its-narrow-understanding-of-disinformation/">https://www.techpolicy.press/community-notes-and-its-narrow-understanding-of-disinformation/</a>
Trump Admin uses songs without permission to create cruelty porn. These people have no shame. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/198600/white-house-jet2-holiday-meme-deportation">https://newrepublic.com/post/198600/white-house-jet2-holiday-meme-deportation</a>
There's Already a Class Action Lawsuit Against the Viral 'Tea' App: <a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/tea-app-class-action-lawsuit">https://lifehacker.com/tech/tea-app-class-action-lawsuit</a>
Spotify threatens to delete accounts that fail age-verification:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/spotify-threatens-to-delete-accounts-unless-users-prove-the/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/spotify-threatens-to-delete-accounts-unless-users-prove-the/</a>
Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere: <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/not-just-youtube-google-is-using-ai-to-guess-your-age-based-on-your-activity-everywhere/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/not-just-youtube-google-is-using-ai-to-guess-your-age-based-on-your-activity-everywhere/</a>
If you&rsquo;re listening on Spotify, you can leave a comment there or email us at <a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com">hello@tangoti.com</a>!
Follow Bridget and TANGOTI on social media! Many vids each week.
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Sydney Sweeney's jeans; Jet2 Holiday meme hijacked by DHS; Tea app hack lawsuit; Substack promotes Nazis – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Abbie Richards

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