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Zaid Admani

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The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

Now, moving on, let's talk about Snap.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

Their shares are moving lower after the European Union opened a formal investigation into the company over child safety.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

EU regulators are accusing Snap of having a weak age verification system

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

that's failing to keep kids under the age of 13 off the platform.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

On top of that, regulators say that Snapchat's algorithm is also misclassifying teenagers aged 13 to 17 as adults and pushing them towards inappropriate content.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

I mean, the EU is going as far as saying that children on the platform are being exposed to grooming by adults and can even purchase drugs, vapes, and alcohol through the app.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

So these are pretty serious allegations.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

So as a result, Snap stock is down around 2% this morning at the time of this recording.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

Kind of surprising.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

it's not down a lot more.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

Overall, though, it's been a pretty tough week to be a social media platform.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

Let's wrap the show with a fun fact.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

The NBA is expanding for the first time in over 20 years.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

The existing 30 owners in the NBA unanimously voted for the league to look at adding teams in Las Vegas and Seattle.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

And what blows my mind is the price tags being thrown around.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

The

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

The league expects the bids for each new team to be seven to $10 billion each.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

To put this into perspective, the last time the NBA expanded was back in 2004.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

At the time, Charlotte was sold for $300 million.

The Rundown
Meta Loses Landmark Case in Court, Google’s Breakthrough Tanks Memory Stocks

So we've gone from 300 million to potentially 10 billion in two decades.