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Dec 19, 2022

Hi everybody -

 

Just a quick, solo episode this week, and then we’re Audi 5,000  to get some rest and relaxation, spending time with friends and family for the holidays, etc. 

 

It has been such a crazy year, hasn’t it? But I feel like we say that every year – 

 

In any case …

 

I’ve put together...


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Dec 12, 2022

Bio

Zeve Sanderson is the founding Executive Director of NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics. His research interests focus on measuring the diffusion and impacts of harmful online speech, as well as empirically testing the efficacy of interventions. He regularly writes for and speaks to academic, media, and...


Dec 9, 2022

Groups file flurry of Section 230 briefs with the Supreme Court

 

  • What’s going on? Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields platforms like Google and Twitter from liability for content posted by internet users. Republicans and Democrats want the rule changed. It’s important to note that Section 230...


Dec 6, 2022

 

Bio

Vilas Dhar is the President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. An entrepreneur, technologist and human rights advocate, Vilas serves on the Advisory Council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, as a Trustee of the Christensen Fund, Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Global AI...