Meta, AI Spending, and the Future of Platform Power with Julia Angwin

Fri, May 22, 2026 | 11:00 am EDT

*This event has been rescheduled from Tuesday, May 19 to Friday, May 22 at 11:00 am ET, The Capitol Forum will host a conference call with investigative journalist Julia Angwin to discuss her recent New York Times opinion essay, “Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

This timely discussion will examine mounting questions surrounding Meta’s long-term business model, including escalating AI expenditures, slowing user growth, platform fatigue, and the company’s continued investments in the metaverse and wearable technology. Drawing on her reporting and analysis, Angwin will discuss whether Meta is entering a period of structural decline and what that could mean for technology markets, media, and society more broadly.

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We will also touch on topics such as:

  • Meta’s growing AI infrastructure and capital expenditures
  • Signs of slowing growth and weakening user engagement across Meta’s platforms
  • The company’s investments in smart glasses, virtual reality, and metaverse initiatives
  • Ongoing social media addiction litigation and broader regulatory pressures
  • How rising debt levels and increasing monetization pressure could impact Meta’s long-term strategy
We hope you can join us for what promises to be a timely and forward-looking conversation.

Guest Bio:
Julia Angwin is an award-winning investigative journalist, bestselling author, and contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times. She is the founding director of the Independent Media + Audience Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center and the founder of Proof News and The Markup, nonprofit journalism organizations focused on technology and accountability. Previously, she was a senior reporter at ProPublica and The Wall Street Journal, where her work was recognized with numerous honors, including a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. She is the author of Dragnet Nation and Stealing MySpace, and her forthcoming book, On Courage: How to be a Dissident in an Age of Fear, will be published in 2026.

Speakers:

Julia Angwin

Investigative journalist, bestselling author, and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times

Teddy Downey

Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum

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