A look at My Friends My Data, a group of startup founders pushing for legislation to force tech giants like Meta to let creators transfer followers between apps
A new coalition of start-ups is calling on tech giants to allow creators to reach followers on more platforms. Tweets: @carnage4life , @joshconstine , @ianbetteridge , and @taylorlorenz See also Media...
Meta has sent ~90 subpoenas related to the FTC's antitrust case to companies including Dispo, which says the requests are “overbroad, vexatious, and harassing”
On a quest to show the FTC that it isn't a monopoly, Meta flooded a wide swath of major tech companies with subpoenas last month. Tweets: @nmasc_ , @dlisscious , @seyitaylor , and @tayhatmaker Tweets:...
Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with Dispo after claims of sexual assault against a former Vlog Squad member; David Dobrik departs from Dispo
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Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with Dispo after claims of sexual assault against a former Vlog Squad member; David Dobrik departs from Dispo
Dobrik departs from Dispo board and leaves company — Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo …
Source: Dispo, a retro photo sharing app co-founded by YouTube star David Dobrik, raises $20M Series A led by Spark Capital at a $200M valuation
The rise of TikTok, Clubhouse, and Substack shows that social networks have gotten competitive again, amid antitrust pressure on Facebook from the US government
Casey Newton / Platformer : Tweets: @caseynewton , @ingridlunden , @s8mb , @sarthakgh , and @hamishmckenzie Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : TikTok, Clubhouse, Substack, Dispo: the consumer inte...
Dispo, a camera app which makes users wait until the next morning for photos to “fully develop”, raises $4M led by Alexis Ohanian's new fund Seven Seven Six
Ever Max Jungreis / Business Insider : Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian tells us why his first investment from his new VC firm is a camera app from YouTube star David Dobrik Francesca Billington / dot....