{"id":"1794682772879-news-segment","slug":"connecticut-ag-targets-big-tech-next","title":"Connecticut AG Targets Big Tech Next","summary":"Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a Politico interview that after the Meta settlement, “Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube are next.” This is an engagement prompt asking for opinions on bug-out locations, not a factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-11-14T18:59:32.879Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a Politico interview that after the Meta settlement, “Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube are next.” This is an engagement prompt asking for opinions on bug-out locations, not a factual claim.\nSource: politico.com NAMES: Connecticut AG = William Tong POST 2119515326157394084: NOCLAIM N/A (https://x.com/politico/status/2121679174217699402)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said in a Politico interview that after the Meta settlement, “Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube are next.” This is an engagement prompt asking for opinions on bug-out locations, not a factual claim.","sourceName":"politico.com NAMES: Connecticut AG = William Tong POST 2119515326157394084: NOCLAIM N/A","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/politico/status/2121679174217699402","claim":"Connecticut AG: 'Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube are next' https://t.co/PLi1gF06JP","author":"@politico"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/politico/status/2121679174217699402","name":"politico.com NAMES: Connecticut AG = William Tong POST 2119515326157394084: NOCLAIM N/A","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@politico"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794682772879-news-segment-connecticut-ag-targets-big-tech-next","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1794682772879-news-segment-connecticut-ag-targets-big-tech-next","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1794682772879-news-segment-connecticut-ag-targets-big-tech-next and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Connecticut's attorney general says the next targets are Roblox, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a big swing. What's the theory?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"William Tong told Politico that after the Meta settlement, those four are next. He's been one of the loudest state AGs on kids and screens."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I get the instinct. But Roblox is a game platform, not a social feed. YouTube is where schools post lessons."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's exactly the fight. Tong's argument is that the design keeps kids hooked, and the companies know it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But where does that stop? Every app wants engagement. Are we going to sue Duolingo next?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, because Duolingo isn't serving algorithmically amplified content to eight-year-olds at two in the morning."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. But the Meta case was about specific harms. If you stretch that to every platform, you're basically regulating the whole internet through lawsuits."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Maybe that's the point. Congress won't pass a privacy bill, so the AGs are doing it state by state."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the problem. You get fifty different rules. A developer in Ohio has to comply with California's law and Connecticut's lawsuit."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the alternative is nothing. And parents are furious. You can't just say 'wait for Congress' forever."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I'll give you this: Tong is smart to name names. It puts pressure on the companies before any bill passes."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And it tells parents he's on their side. That's not nothing in a state like Connecticut."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely: there's a post going around about a Trump-Xi-Putin meeting at APEC."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Al Jazeera's Telegram channel says a nuclear treaty and the Iran war are on the agenda. But we couldn't confirm the meeting itself."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right. So treat it as a rumor. But the idea is interesting: three leaders who don't trust each other, sitting down because they have to."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The deeper piece here is the nuclear treaty. The last real arms control framework between the US and Russia is basically on life support."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And China has never been in a trilateral nuclear deal. If that's actually on the table, it's a big deal."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But here's my skepticism: Putin wants the meeting because it makes him look like an equal. Xi wants it because it shows China is the indispensable power."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Trump wants it because he loves the photo. But the substance? Iran is the wildcard. China and Russia both have reasons to keep Iran from collapsing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's the real argument. If the US is bombing Iran, and China and Russia are sitting there, do they actually try to stop it, or just manage the fallout?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think they manage the fallout. Neither wants a direct fight with the US. But they also don't want to look weak to Tehran."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So the meeting is theater, but the theater matters. It tells the world the big three are still talking even while missiles fly."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the uncomfortable truth: diplomacy and war are happening at the same time, in the same room, sometimes with the same people."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One more from the region: a post claims Russia and Ukraine opened three-way talks in Abu Dhabi, with the US, but no ceasefire."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We couldn't confirm that either. But the pattern is real: talks in one city, drones in another."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The history here is that every round of talks since February has produced a prisoner exchange or a grain deal, but never a pause in the fighting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that's the cynical read: both sides use talks to show they're reasonable, then go back to the front line."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the prisoner exchanges are real. Families get their sons back. That's not nothing."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not nothing, but it's also not peace. And until one side is exhausted or the US changes its posture, the talks are just a pressure valve."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So the question for the next few months: does the APEC meeting, if it happens, change the calculus, or is it just another photo op?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"My bet is photo op. But I've been wrong before. The one thing that would change my mind is a real nuclear framework with China in it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And that's the story to watch. Not the handshake, but whether anyone leaves with a piece of paper that actually binds."}]}