The Spon-Con Video That Accidentally Captures the State of Tech

Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was
rebranding to become Meta, shifting the company’s focus away from
the single social media platform to some sort of amorphous,
“embodied internet” concept. Khabane Lame, TikTok’s second biggest
star right now, got tapped to do some spon-con for the rebrand,
appearing in a video alongside Zuckerberg on Instagram. On today’s
episode, Rachelle and Madison discuss who Lame’s rise to TikTok
fame, why Facebook grabbed him for their publicity campaign, and
how this might all just be a distraction from some rather unsavory
news inside the Facebook Papers. If you would like to learn more
about the Facebook Papers, check out: ”The Nationalism of
Facebook,” by Siva Vaidhyanathan in Slate The What Next TBD
episode, “Will the Facebook Whistleblower Make a Difference?” The
What Next episode, “How Long Can Mark Zuckerberg Be King?” Podcast
production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Support ICYMI and
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