In this clip from the Owen Report, Owen Shroyer reacts to a post by an X executive (Nikita Beyer) who calls news aggregators “a cancer” to social networks and announces plans to demonetize the worst offenders to reward only original content. Shroyer argues this move risks turning X into “Instagram slop,” drowning out breaking news and independent journalism while questioning selective enforcement—pointing out accounts like Libs of TikTok that heavily aggregate content yet appear untouched, contrasted with others that do original work. He calls for transparency on exactly which accounts are being targeted.
