An asteroid misses; an asteroid hits: privacy crackdown cancelled, as social media age law takes priority

Welcome to a midweek update from Unmade. Today: As the threat of a regulation-heavy privacy crackdown on the marketing industry recedes, the government takes on another big target instead. Plus Nine falls past another milestone on the Unmade Index.

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