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Aaron Mak

@aarontmak

Politico tech reporter. Signal: aarontmak.23. Email: amak(at)politico(dot)com

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Latest posts by Aaron Mak @aarontmak

time for character.ai to step in

27.02.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great chatting with @aarontmak.bsky.social about my favorite DOOM albums... and also the shifting landscape of alternative social platforms

29.01.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump may be undermining his own AI goals

Good chat with @aarontmak.bsky.social about our POLITICO Magazine oped on the Trump AI doctrine.
Helping big tech companies build chatbots while destroying government capacity isnโ€™t how we win. Congress has a role to play to restore datasets and R&D and to make AI safe and effective for people.

04.12.2025 16:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge rules Meta doesnโ€™t have a social media monopoly Itโ€™s the latest decision against the government's push to limit the size of Big Tech.

NEW: A federal judge rejected the FTC's claim that Facebookโ€™s parent company monopolized the โ€œpersonal social networkingโ€ market for connecting with friends and family, pointing to new, major competitors like TikTok.
via @aarontmak.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

18.11.2025 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk fights America's speech wars abroad

Spoke with @aarontmak.bsky.social of @politico.com on how the fight over "free speech" on technology platforms abroad has changed a lot in the last few years, especially depending on what foreign market you're in.

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

27.09.2025 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0