Press Archive
2024
Fox News (USA) Social media warnings won't protect kids, but something else will (7/1/24)
LA Times (USA) Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (4/29/24)
The Korea Times (Korea): Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (5/2/24)
Tribune-Review (USA) Commentary: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (5/4/24)
The Meadville Tribune (USA): Column: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (5/2/24)
Antigo Daily Journal (USA): Commentary: Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (5/2/24)
Longview Daily News (USA): Mark Weinstein column | Americans might finally get a real privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions (5/2/24)
The Hill (USA): 5 reasons why we should ban TikTok as soon as possible (4/20/24)
Newsweek (USA) How You Book a Vacation Could Be the Biggest Giveaway You're a Millennial (4/17/24)
NewsNation (USA): How do you spot a deepfake? Privacy expert breaks it down (3/24/24)
Fox News (USA): AI deepfakes are endangering democracy. Here are 4 ways to fight back (3/13/24)
2023
The Hill (USA): Three bipartisan things we can do now to save kids from social media’s harms (11/25/23)
BizPac Review (USA): Supreme court to make historic internet ruling (10/25/23)
American Wire News (USA): Supreme court to make historic internet ruling (10/25/23)
The Hill (USA): The Supreme Court could soon change the internet forever — here’s what you need to know (10/24/23)
Wall Street Journal (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – Why I Changed My Mind About Online ID Verification (9/20/23)
The Hill (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – Sens. Warren and Graham propose a bipartisan overreach on Big Tech (8/9/23)
Tech Wire Asia (Malaysia): How Threads is navigating the data privacy landscape (8/8/23)
Chicago Sun-Times (USA): Congress, pass Protecting Kids Act to keep children safe from dangers of social media (7/17/23)
MSN (USA): Here's why you should think twice before joining Threads (7/15/23)
The Wrap (USA): Sarah Silverman’s OpenAI Lawsuit May Not Be Strong – but the Implications Are Huge (7/14/23)
Yahoo News (USA): Sarah Silverman’s OpenAI Lawsuit May Not Be Strong – but the Implications Are Huge (7/14/23)
Actusduweb (France): Threads becomes the fastest-growing application, with 100 million users in less than a week (7/13/23)
CNET Japan (Japan): "Threads" surpasses 100 million users in 5 days–fastest pace ever (7/11/23)
Radio Canada International (Canada): Threads, a new social network where users give away personal data to Meta (7/11/23)
ZDNet (USA): Threads becomes fastest-growing app ever, with 100 million users in under a week (7/10/23)
The Western Journal (USA): Alert: New Threads App Secretly Collects All Your Highly Sensitive Data – Even Search History (7/8/23)
DRBerita (Indonesia): What data does Threads collect from social media users? (7/8/23)
CBC (Canada): Are you on Threads yet? Here's what you're giving away (7/7/23)
MSN (USA): Are you on Threads yet? Here's what you're giving away (7/7/23)
News24 (France): What could users of Threads, the Twitter alternative by Meta, potentially give? (7/7/23)
The Halifax Times (Canada): Already on Threads? This is what you give away (7/7/23)
Zaman Belcika (Turkey): What could users of Threads, the Twitter alternative by Meta, potentially reveal? (7/7/23)
The Hill (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – The government wants access to your encrypted messages — we must act now to defend our right to privacy (7/6/23)
The Wrap (USA): TikTok Is Under Fire: Why a PR Powerhouse Hire and C-Suite Shake-Up Make Sense (6/23/23)
Yahoo News (USA): TikTok Is Under Fire: Why a PR Powerhouse Hire and C-Suite Shake-Up Make Sense (6/23/23)
Farantube (Italy): TikTok Is Under Fire: Why a PR Powerhouse Hire and C-Suite Shake-Up Make Sense (6/23/23)
Forbes (USA): AI Everywhere: Salesforce Unveils Its Vision Of The AI-First Enterprise (6/14/23)
Diggit Magazine (The Netherlands): MeWe: Mark Weinstein’s technological utopia (6/12/23)
The Wrap (USA): Linda Yaccarino’s NBCUniversal Exit Leaves Ad Industry in Shock Ahead of Upfronts (5/13/23)
Yahoo News (USA): Linda Yaccarino’s NBCUniversal Exit Leaves Ad Industry in Shock Ahead of Upfronts (5/13/23)
Fox Business (USA): Mark Weinstein on ways to regulate artificial intelligence (4/6/23)
Fox News (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – Three ways to regulate AI right now before it's too late (4/5/23)
ExpressVPN (USA): Q&A: Mark Weinstein, on making social media serve the user again (3/10/23)
The Keene Sentinel (USA): Guest Opinion: Here’s how to reform the law that made the Internet (2/11/23)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA): Mark Weinstein: How to clean up social media and preserve free speech (2/10/23)
Marin Independent Journal (USA): Another Voice: Here’s how to reform the law that made the internet (2/9/23)
KNEWS (USA): How to reform Section 230, the law that made the internet (2/8/23)
Mercury News (USA): Op-Ed - Here's How to Reform Section 230, the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Star Tribune (USA): Op-Ed - Would Reform Ruin the Internet? (2/8/23)
Silicon Valley (USA): Op-Ed - Here's How to Reform Section 230, the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Canada News Today (Canada): Comment - How to Reform the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Eastbay Times (USA): Op-Ed - Here's How to Reform Section 230, the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Central Maine (USA): Commentary - Here's How to Reform the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Scribd (USA): Commentary - Here's How to Reform the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
Gwinnett Daily Post (USA): Commentary - Here's How to Reform the Law That Made the Internet (2/8/23)
MSN (USA): Op-Ed - The Law That Made the Internet is Under Fire. Here's How to Reform It (2/3/23)
Yahoo News (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – The Law That Made the Internet is Under Fire. Here’s How to Reform It (2/3/23)
LA Times (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – The Law That Made the Internet is Under Fire. Here’s How to Reform It (2/3/23)
2022
Metro (UK): US lawmakers want to ban TikTok over concerns of Chinese spying (12/14/22)
America Retail (Chile): Amazon customers will opt for their data payment plan (12/13/22)
RetailWire (USA): Will Amazon’s customers go for its pay-for-data scheme? (12/12/22)
Newsweek (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein – TikTok Is a Huge Threat to Our Democracy and Our Kids. Ban It Now (12/8/22)
Entrepreneur Magazine (USA): 'Your Data Is Worth Way More Than This': Amazon Will Pay You $2 A Month To Track Your Ad Data (12/6/22)
The Week (USA): Trump's back on Twitter. A victory for free speech? (11/23/22)
Wall Street Journal (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein - Elon Musk Can Save Twitter—and Democracy (11/20/22)
Business Insider (USA): 'Twitter as we know it is dead': Why Elon Musk's plans risk more scams and misinformation (11/6/22)
LA Times (USA): For some celebs, pay-to-play Twitter verification is the last straw (10/31/22)
LA Times (USA): California lawmakers pass new social media protections for minors (8/30/22)
Free Thought Project (USA): Podcast — MeWe Founder Mark Weinstein — Web 3.0 & How To Save Social Media From The Technocrats (8/15/22)
Entrepreneur Magazine (USA): Netflix and Microsoft Will Team Up on a Cheaper, Ad-Supported Option (7/14/22)
CNBC Indonesia (Indonesia): This is Elon Musk's tactic to buy Twitter at low prices (5/31/22)
Detiknet (Indonesia): Elon Musk Uses Tactics So that the Price of Buying Twitter is Cheaper (5/30/22)
CHIP (Turkey): If the Tesla investor's patience runs out, there are 2 possibilities for Elon Musk: 60 percent to 40 percent (5/29/22)
Business Insider (USA): Elon Musk will either pay far less for Twitter or use fake accounts as an excuse to walk away, experts say (5/28/22)
The Tom Woods Show (USA): What I Did After Fleeing Facebook (5/26/22)
NTD News (USA): Mark Weinstein: What Are Spam Bots? (5/14/22)
Business Insider (USA): Here's what Twitter could do to grow the company if advertisers end up fleeing the site after selling to Elon Musk, according to experts (5/5/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): What Musk’s purchase of Twitter will mean for the company and users (4/28/22)
Forbes (USA): Elon Musk’s ‘Free Speech’ Idea Could Nuke Twitter’s Vital Ads Business (4/27/22)
Fox Business (USA): Elon Musk has ‘challenge ahead’ with Twitter takeover: MeWe founder (4/26/22)
Digital Trends (USA): Apps are turning people into snitches, experts say (4/23/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): Twitter resists takeover to avoid becoming ‘Musk Social’ (4/16/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): What Musk taking Twitter private would entail — the logistics and obstacles (4/14/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): Musk may gain even more sway over Twitter by turning down board seat (4/11/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): 'Gonna be lit': Elon Musk tweets cryptic preview of Twitter's next board meeting (4/7/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): How Musk could use the free-speech leverage granted by his Twitter stock buy (4/5/22)
LA Times (USA): What would free speech look like on Elon Musk’s Twitter? (4/4/22)
Georgetown University (USA): MeWe founder Mark Weinstein interviewed at Georgetown University (4/4/22)
The Observer (USA) The Hidden Costs of Snapchat’s New Safety Feature (3/2/22)
SFist (USA): Trump's Twitter-for-Bigots, Truth Social, Launches Without a Working App (2/21/22)
The New York Times (USA): Trump’s Truth Social Is Poised to Join a Crowded Field (2/20/22)
NTD News (USA): Americans Worried About Online Privacy (2/2/22)
The Joe Pags Show (USA): The Past, Present and Future of Social Media with Mark Weinstein (1/14/22)
Washington Examiner (USA): Alternate social media platforms see huge growth in year following Capitol riot (1/6/22)
2021
MarketWatch (USA): Instagram head Mosseri defends app’s safety record in Capitol Hill grilling (12/8/21)
Huckabee TV (USA): The “Anti-FACEBOOK” Platform: MeWe (11/28/21)
Newsy (USA): Protecting Personal Data On Social Media (11/19/21)
MagadanMedia (Russia): Facebook has taken control of access to user information - MeWe creator MeWe Weinstein (11/18/21)
Regnum (Russia): The creator of the social network MeWe: Facebook manipulates its users (11/18/21)
RuNews24 (Russia): Creator of MeWe Weinstein: Facebook controls access to user information (11/18/21)
LIFE (Russia): The founder of the social network Me We told how Facebook manipulates billions of people (11/17/21)
TRT World (Turkey): Trump’s TRUTH Social v Twitter and FACEBOOK (11/11/21)
Komando (USA) With Facebook, privacy is a thing of the past. Can MeWe change that? (11/3/21)
LA Weekly (USA): MeWe: The Anti-Facebook (10/25/21)
Startup Stories (USA): Creating an alternative social network (10/25/21)
WIRED (USA): Dystopia Is Upon Us. Are You Ready? (10/22/21)
Kim Komando Explains (USA): Inside social media surveillance with the founder of MeWe (10/14/21)
Lenta (Russia): Social media hacks out brains. How does it manage to control billions of people? (10/11/21)
Bloomberg (USA): Blind to History, Facebook Is in the Trustbusters’ Crosshairs (10/10/21)
People’s Podcast (USA): Gov Mike Huckabee Interviews Mark Weinstein (10/8/21)
Tempi (Italy): Facebook has a serious problem and it's not the blackout (10/6/21)
Fox Business (USA): MeWe founder: Facebook's business model is 'broken' (10/5/21)
National Legal and Policy Center (USA): Facebook Brutalized for Its All-Encompassing Thirst for Power (10/05/21)
Numerama (France): Global blackout: the day Facebook's monopoly became obvious (10/05/21)
HK.ON (Hongkong): The founder of MeWe call Facebook a monopoly and proposes regulations (10/02/21)
Wall Street Journal (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein - I Changed My Mind—Facebook Is a Monopoly (10/1/21)
Parentology (USA): MeWe: The New Social Network That May Put Facebook Out of Business (10/1/21)
Full Circle (Belgium): [e-Salon] Mark Weinstein: The Next-Gen Social Network (9/23/21)
The Wrap (USA): Will Facebook Finally Be Forced to Change After Devastating Wall Street Journal Exposés? (9/20/21)
American Consequences (USA): Fighting For Freedom of Speech: The Alternative to Facebook (8/12/21)
Axios (USA): MeWe looks to raise money to fuel expansion (7/13/21)
The Federalist (USA): MeWe Founder On Why Everyone Hates Facebook And Should Switch Now (7/12/21)
Newsmax (USA): MeWe Founder Mark Weinstein interviewed on The Chris Salcedo Show (7/7/21)
Lifewire (USA): Why You Should Turn Off iOS 14.5 App Tracking (4/29/21)
Freakonomics Radio (USA): Someone Needs to Save the World from Silicon Valley (4/26/21)
The Nikkei (Japan): Is the purpose of a company only profit? (2/27/21)
News Corp (Australia): Facebook news ban fallout: Best alternative social networks to replace Facebook (2/26/21)
Mark Dice Show (USA): The Facebook Alternative - MeWe Founder and CEO Mark Weinstein Full Interview (2/26/21)
SBS (Australia): Can MeWe set off a big reshuffle in the social media market? (2/25/21)
MovieGuide (USA): Could the Anti-Facebook Platform ‘MeWe’ Lead the Way for Alternative Social Media? (2/21/21)
Betaworks Studios (USA): Tech & Democracy: Can Social Media Companies Self Regulate? (2/19/21)
El Comercio (Spain): MeWe: what you should know about this social network that intends to compete against Facebook (2/13/21)
Pennsylvania NewsMedia (USA): A new data privacy mantra: Be the consumer, not the product (2/8/21)
The Detroit News (USA): Everything you need to know about Section 230, and why we need it (2/4/21)
American Banker (USA): Surveillance Capitalism and the New Economoic Order (1/29/21)Fox News (USA): MeWe Founder Mark Weinstein Interviewed on America's Newsroom (1/28/21)
Wall Street Journal (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein - Small Sites Need Section 230 to Compete (1/25/21)
Fox Business (USA): Mark Weinstein Interviewed on Cavuto Coast to Coast (1/22/21)
Newsmax (USA): Mark Weinstein Interviewed on National Report (1/21/21)
USA TODAY (USA): Facebook rival MeWe gains 2.5M members in a week as users seek privacy (1/20/21)
TVB (Hong Kong): Mark Weinstein Interviewed on TVB (1/19/21)
Associated Press (USA): Insider Q&A: Mark Weinstein, MeWe’s anti-Facebook CEO (1/17/21)
Wall Street Journal (USA): Social-Media Algorithms Rule How We See the World. Good Luck Trying to Stop Them. (1/17/21)
Newsmax (USA): Mark Weinstein Interviewed on The Chris Salcedo Show (1/15/21)
Baird Equity Research (USA): State of Social Networking: Recap of Expert Call (1/13/21)
Fox Business (USA): Mark Weinstein Interviewed on Mornings with Maria (1/11/21)
HK01 (Hong Kong): Say goodbye to Facebook - Will the new social media MeWe become another behemoth? (1/1/21)
2020
Protocol (USA): How to build a better Facebook (12/23/20)
VICE News (USA): How Hong Kong Became a Testing Ground for an 'Anti-Facebook' Movement (12/18/20)
Stars and Stripes (USA): Navigating new social media and Section 230 (12/4/20)
Fortune Magazine (USA): MeWe is a fast-growing social hub for conservatives. What you need to know (11/25/20)
Fox Business (USA): MeWe Founder Mark Weinstein Interviewed on The Claman Countdown (11/17/20)
Distractify (USA): People Are Tired of Facebook's Privacy Violations — This New Platform Might Be the Solution (11/17/20)
Newsmax (USA): This is the war on free speech - MeWe CEO (11/16/20)
Mashable (USA): What is MeWe? Everything you need to know about the social network competing with Parler. (11/10/20)
Newsweek (USA): What's MeWe? App Is Attracting Conservatives Looking for Twitter and Facebook Replacements (11/10/20)
ZDNet (USA): Have issues with Facebook collecting your data? Privacy-first alternative MeWe surges to 9M users (10/15/20)
El Pais (Spain): The Small Social Networks Prepare the Assault During the Crises of the Big Ones (7/21/20)
Rappler (Philippines): MeWe CEO Mark Weinstein explains how his platform plans to be more private (7/13/20)
Chicago Sun-Times (USA): Ready to quit Facebook? Here might be some better social media options for you (7/4/20)
USA TODAY Podcast (USA): MeWe, the "anti" Facebook (6/30/20)
USA TODAY (USA): Done with Facebook? Consider MeWe, Parler or old standbys like LinkedIn (6/30/20)
Forbes Magazine (USA): Social Media Platform MeWe To Add Journals To Premium Features (6/28/20)
Forbes Magazine (USA): MeWe Social Media Platform Offers A More Private Alternative To Facebook (6/9/20)
Entrepreneur Magazine Podcast (USA): Mark Weinstein Fights Against Surveillance Capitalism with MeWe (6/6/20)
New York Post (USA): Op-Ed by Mark Weinstein: Why social media censorship is worse than useless (5/23/20)
TEDx (USA): Mark Weinstein on the Future of Privacy (3/6/20)
Parentology (USA): MeWe: The New Social Network That May Put Facebook Out of Business (2/11/20)
Business Insider (USA): Facebook challenger MeWe reveals revenue jumped 800% last year as users become frustrated by 'surveillance capitalism' (2/5/20)