CD163: "Net Neutrality"
The Internet plays an essential role in our modern society and yet the way the Internet will be governed is still unclear. In anticipation of an impending Federal Communications Commission vote to reverse the so called "net neutrality" regulation implemented during the Obama administration, we lo...
CD224: Social Media Censorship
Everyone who uses Facebook, Google, and Twitter has probably noticed the disappearance of posts and the appearance of labels, especially during the 2020 election season. In this episode, hear the highlights from six recent House and Senate hearings where executives from the social media giants an...
CD196: The Mueller Report
We finally have the facts. The two year long investigation, lead by Robert Mueller, into whether or not the 2016 Donald Trump for President campaign worked with members of the Russian government to steal and release Democratic Party emails is now complete. In this episode, after reading every wor...
The Future is Now
Selina Wang, a tech reporter for Bloomberg News, says that Twitter could still do more to stop Russian and Ukrainian spam accounts from spreading misinformation on the platform.
Also: people on social media keep blaming “Sam Hyde’’ for mass shootings, even though he's innocent, and we finally ...
The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-11-16
Nintendo America President Reggie Fils-Aime says the company has no immediate
Communications firm Voxox (formerly Telcentris) leaves tens of millions of text
Logistics firm Airspace Technologies (AT) raises $20M Series B led by
Oracle ($191.8B market cap) acquires Talari Networks, a provider o...
The Daily Download - tech news for 2018-07-25
President Trump criticizes the FCC’s decision to issue a hearing designation
Nikon says it’s developing a mirrorless camera system that uses a
Awfis, an India-based coworking startup, raises $20M Series C from Sequoia
Facebook’s general counsel Colin Stretch says he will leave the company
Wal...
175: The Facebook Facade
Tommy and Adam discuss the recent Facebook "fake news" hearings and what they reveal about the nature of the company.
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Live updates: Facebook, Google and Twitter testified before Congress todayRecode: "A live look at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Russian el...
Four frightening facts Facebook disclosed at the Congressional hearing
Facebook, Google, and Twitter disclosed a plethora of new details before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing about how Russia used their respective platforms in its attempt to influence the US presidential election. Top lawyers from each company again admitted that accounts linked to the Rus...
Mark Zuckerberg Answers to Congress For Facebook's Troubles
Last fall, when Congress called on Facebook to answer for its failures during the 2016 election—including selling ads to Russian propagandists and allowing fake news to flourish on the platform—the social networking giant sent its general counsel, Colin Stretch, leaving lawmakers wanting for face...
Social Media, Government Jawboning, and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court
On March 6, 2024, Just Security and the Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law co-hosted an all-star panel of experts to discuss the issue of government “jawboning” – a practice of informal government efforts to persuade, or strong-arm, private platforms to change their content-mod...
