Social media's business model is broken: Here's why

This whistleblower exposed social media's dirty secret. Brittany Kaiser, CEO of AlphaTON Capital and a renowned privacy campaigner, opens up about her journey from human rights lawyer to a whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica. Kaiser delivers a sharp critique of social media's extractive business model and the escalating dangers of AI, including its severe impact on youth mental health, emphasizing the urgent need for government guardrails. She details her company's mission to build a future of privacy-centric, vertically integrated AI solutions and confidential computing, where data ownership remains entirely with the individual. Finally, Kaiser shares her optimism for the future of federal technology legislation in the U.S. and reflects on the career-defining moment that set her on this mission. #whistleblower #confidentialcomputing Captions 00:09 - Intro 01:20 - Becoming a whistleblower and staying the course 04:45 - The extractive business of social media 05:58 - AI & Guardrails 09:42 - AlphaTON Capital's privacy-centric AI solutions 10:30 - Regulation, national security, and federal legislation 12:31 - Anthropic & OpenAI 15:51 - Future of AI agents and confidential computing 16:36 - From Gryphon Digital Mining to AI currency 21:37 - A career-defining moment and closing remarks == Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools, and more information to help you manage your financial life. Connect with us: — Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yahoofinance — X/Twitter: https://x.com/YahooFinance — Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yahoofinance/ — TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yahoofinance — LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yahoo-finance See the Latest News & Data: https://finance.yahoo.com/ Get the Yahoo Finance App: — iOS (https://apple.co/3Rten0R) — Android (https://bit.ly/3t8UnXO)