Podcast Tech Policy terbaik (2026)

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The Policy Implications of Grok's 'Mass Digital Undressing Spree' 31:30

2d ago31:30

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In what Reuters called a "mass digital undressing spree," Elon Musk is provoking outrage after his Grok chatbot responded to user prompts to remove the clothing from images of women and pose them in bikinis and to create "sexualized images of children" and post them on X. To discuss the controversy and the broader policy implications of generative …

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New Year’s Message / From the Vault: Age Verification 1:10:38

8d ago1:10:38

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Host Corbin Barthold offers some end-of-year reflections on the moral panic over kids’ use of social media and AI. Then we revisit Episode 405 (“No, Internet Age Verification Has Not Been ‘Solved’,” Apr. 30, 2025), in which Prof. Eric Goldman discusses his paper “The ‘Segregate-and-Suppress’ Approach to Regulating Child Safety Online.” Links: This …

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Audio: The Future of AI: Securing Energy for Innovation 55:39

28d ago55:39

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This is audio from the December event on “The Future of AI: Securing Energy for Innovation” The Future of AI: Securing Energy for Innovation The Future of AI: Securing Energy for Innovation SPEAKERS Mardsen Hanna Head of Energy and Sustainability Policy, Google Levi Patterson Director of Energy, Science, and AI Infrastructure Policy, NVIDIA Rebecca…

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Ep. 3 - FTP Podcast - Forgetting Passwords, Genesis Mission, Gov AI Tech Registries, Children AI Facial Recognition, Bot Sentience 48:51

28d ago48:51

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In this episode of the Future Tech & Policy (FTP) Podcast, the panel discusses some interesting cases for forgotten passwords and cybersecurity, the US Executive Order on the new Genesis Mission for AI research infrastructure via the NAIRR program and high-performance computing resources, Canada's new AI Register that inventories AI technologies be…

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Through to Thriving: Insights from the Field 32:54

16d ago32:54

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Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli joined Justin Hendrix to discuss insights from her special 2025 series of podcasts, Through to Thriving. They discussed insights from her interviews over the course of the year with Ellen Pao, Jerrel Peterson, Alice Hunsberger, Vaishnavi J, Desmond Patton, Nora Benavidez, Mimi Ọnụọha, Timnit Gebru, Ja…

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A Critical Look at Trump's AI Executive Order 26:25

23d ago26:25

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On Thursday, US President Donald Trump invited reporters into the Oval Office to watch him sign an executive order intended to limit state regulation of artificial intelligence. Trump said AI is a strategic priority for the United States, and that there must be a central source of approval for the companies that develop it. Today's guest is Olivi…

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426: Copyright v. The Internet 47:14

26d ago47:14

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Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley) discusses the Supreme Court oral argument in Cox v. Sony, a copyright case that could have major ramifications for the internet. Links: Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music EntertainmentOleh TechFreedom

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Unpacking the Politics of the EU's €120M Fine of Musk’s X 41:46

1M ago41:46

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On Friday, the European Commission fined Elon Musk’s X €120 million for breaching the Digital Services Act, delivering the first-ever non-compliance decision under the European Union’s flagship tech regulation. By Saturday, Elon Musk was calling for no less than the abolition of the EU. To discuss the enforcement action, the politics surrounding it…

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Exploring Belief and Belonging in a Fractured Online Age 51:31

1M ago51:31

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On this podcast, for years we’ve discussed issues such as conspiracy theories, mis- and disinformation, polarization, and the ways in which the design and incentives on today’s technology platforms exacerbate them. Today’s guest is Calum Lister Matheson, associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsbur…

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425: Social Media Is Always Changing 1:01:21

1M ago1:01:21

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Corbin heads over to the Techdirt Podcast, hosted by the one and only Mike Masnick, for a wide-ranging discussion about the state of social media.Oleh TechFreedom

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Considering Trust and Safety's Past, Present, and Future 59:27

1M ago59:27

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The past few years have seen a great deal of introspection about a professional field which has come to be known as 'trust and safety,' comprised of the people who develop, oversee, and enforce social media policies and community guidelines. Many scholars and advocates describe it as having reached a turning point, mostly for the worst. Joining Tec…

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Ep. 2 - FTP: Future Tech & Policy Podcast - AI Regulation Debates, Teddy Bear Bots, and Insuring AI 51:04

1M ago51:04

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In this episode of the Future Tech & Policy (FTP) Podcast, the panel discusses the recent federal and state debates regarding AI regulation and who should be responsible for AI policy, AI-infused toys and teddy bears and their recent safety testing results, and how AI products and initiatives might be insured. Links to articles discussed Here’s the…

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What Is Europe Trying to Achieve With Its Omnibus and Sovereignty Push? 28:11

1M ago28:11

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This week, the European Commission unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul how the EU enforces its digital and privacy rules as part of a ‘Digital Omnibus,’ aiming to ease compliance burdens and speed up implementation of the bloc’s landmark laws. Branded as a “simplification” initiative, the omnibus proposal touches core areas of EU tech regulation —…

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424: Meta Beats the Antitrust Regulators 57:32

2M ago57:32

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Geoff Manne (ICLE) returns! He and Corbin break down a judge’s ruling (politely) laughing the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta out of court. Topics include: The bizarro world of antitrust trash tweeting “‘Antitrust’ means what I want it to mean!” Back in reality: a straightforward ruling Maybe Zuck just . . . knows what he’s doing? Users want w…

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FTP Episode 1 - New Podcast! Sora, AI Pilot Projects, OpenAI Chat Logs, Tilly Norwood 35:44

2M ago35:44

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In this inaugural episode of the FTP Podcast, panelists discuss AI-related news from recent weeks, as AI continues to present imaginative use cases and potential policy questions. Topics include the release of the Sora AI-generated video social networking app for Android, a report on pilot projects and startups having a high rate of failure, a rece…

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Through to Thriving: Protecting Our Privacy with Chris Gilliard 58:50

2M ago58:50

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In the latest episode in her special podcast series, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli talks about protecting privacy with Chris Gilliard. Gilliard is co-director of the Critical Internet Studies Institute and the author of Luxury Surveillance, a forthcoming book from MIT Press.…

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The Past, Present, and Future of the US Information Integrity Field 48:22

2M ago48:22

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To discuss the past, present and future of information integrity work, Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson spoke to American University Center for Security, Innovation and New Technology (CSINT) nonresident fellow Adam Fivenson and assistant professor and CSINT director Samantha Bradshaw.…

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423: Free Speech Hypocrites 58:28

2M ago58:28

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Ari Cohn (FIRE) and host Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) survey the Trump administration’s many attacks on the First Amendment. Topics include: Law firms you should no longer hire Political opponents = terror groups?! Brendan Carr is a lap dog Jawboning rebrand: it’s “outreach”! Terrorizing foreign students is bad Links: What if the Big Law Firms Had…

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What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? 51:04

2M ago51:04

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This episode considers whether today’s massive AI investment boom reflects real economic fundamentals or an unsustainable bubble, and how a potential crash could reshape AI policy, public sentiment, and narratives about the future that are embraced and advanced not only by Silicon Valley billionaires, but also by politicians and governments. Justin…

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Why Independent Researchers Need Better Access to Platform Data 43:09

2M ago43:09

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This episode was recorded in Barcelona at this year’s Mozilla Festival. One session at the festival focused on how to get better access to data for independent researchers to study technology platforms and products and their effects on society. It coincided with the launch of the Knight-Georgetown Institute’s report, “Better Access: Data for the Co…

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422: Algorithms Rule the Internet (and Ash Feels Fine) 59:37

2M ago59:37

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She’s back! Former host Ash Kazaryan (Future of Free Speech) returns for a wide-ranging discussion about powerful algorithms, attacks on Section 230, and much, much more. Topics include: Ash: this is your life! In defense of tHe aLGoRitHm In defense of Section 230 Once more: Anderson v. TikTok is so bad Has information gotten too cheap? Why Evangel…

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Through to Thriving: Connecting Art and Policy with Mimi Ọnụọha 50:28

2M ago50:28

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For her special series of podcasts, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli spoke to artist Mimi Ọnụọha, whose work "questions and exposes the contradictory logics of technological progress." The discussion ranged across changing trends in nomenclature of data and artificial intelligence, the role of art in bearing witn…

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Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology 36:06

2M ago36:06

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Ryan Calo is a professor at the University of Washington School of Law with a joint appointment at the Information School and an adjunct appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. He is a founding co-director of the UW Tech Policy Lab and a co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. In his new book, Law an…

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421: OpenAI’s Tumultuous Corporate Reboot 40:32

3M ago40:32

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Sri Muppidi (The Information) discusses OpenAI’s effort to overhaul its corporate structure—and the resulting power struggle over the company’s future. Links: OpenAI Says Its Business Will Burn $115 Billion Through 2029 OpenAI Executives Rattled by Campaigns to Derail For-Profit Restructuring OpenAI Says Nonprofit Parent Will Own Equity Stake in Co…

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Evaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect Teens 44:05

3M ago44:05

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Instagram has spent years making promises about how it intends to protect minors on its platform. To explore its past shortcomings—and the questions lawmakers and regulators should be asking—I spoke with two of the authors of a new report that offers a comprehensive assessment of Instagram’s record on protecting teens: Laura Edelson, an assistant p…

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The Open Internet is Dead. What Comes Next? 49:33

3M ago49:33

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Mallory Knodel, executive director of the Social Web Foundation and founder of a weekly newsletter called the Internet Exchange, and Burcu Kilic, a senior fellow at Canada’s Center for International Governance Innovation, or CIGI, are the authors of a recent post on the Internet Exchange titled “Big Tech Redefined the Open Internet to Serve Its Ow…

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What We Can Learn from the First Digital Services Act Out-of-Court Dispute Settlements? 32:55

3M ago32:55

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It’s been three years since Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, a sweeping set of rules meant to hold online platforms accountable for how they moderate content and protect users. One component of the law allows users to challenge online platform content moderation decisions through independent, certified bodies rather than judici…

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420: Tech and Immigration 46:43

3M ago46:43

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Jeremy Neufeld (Institute for Progress) discusses how our immigration system works, why high-skilled immigrants are so important to the tech sector, what’s wrong with the Trump administration’s H-1B reforms, why America is so complacent about competing for global talent, and more. Links: Trump’s H-1B Changes Won’t Work Talent Recruitment Roulette: …

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Governing Babel: John Wihbey on Platforms, Power, and the Future of Free Expression 41:14

3M ago41:14

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Drawn from the biblical story in the book of Genesis, “Babel” has come to stand for the challenge of communication across linguistic, cultural, and ideological divides—the confusion and fragmentation that arise when we no longer share a common tongue or understanding. Today’s guest John Wihbey, an associate professor of media Innovation at Northea…

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Following DOGE, US States Pursue 'Efficiency' Initiatives 41:29

3M ago41:29

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Across the United States, dozens of state governments have attempted to establish their own efficiency initiatives, some molded in the image of the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). A common theme across many of these initiatives is the "stated goal of identifying and eliminating inefficiencies in state government using artificial…

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California Becomes Frontline in Battle Over AI Companions 21:28

3M ago21:28

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With two new bills headed to the desk of Governor Governor Gavin Newsom (D), California could soon pass the most significant guardrails for AI companions in the nation, sparking a lobbying brawl between consumer advocates and tech industry groups. In a recent report for Tech Policy Press, associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong detailed how groups a…

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419: Do Tech Optimists Have a Party? 50:04

3M ago50:04

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Adam Kovacevich (Chamber of Progress) discusses the populist / anti-tech turn in politics, and what can be done about it. Topics include: How did we get here? Tech optimists: There are dozens of us! Beware ThE gROupS If there’s a crisis, maybe act like it? Duct tape and bubble gum The great relearning We’re so doomed We’re so not doomed Links: Tech…

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Setting a 'Tech Agenda' for Climate Week 56:15

4M ago56:15

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From September 21–28, New York City will host Climate Week. Leaders from business, politics, academia, and civil society will gather to share ideas and develop strategies to address the climate crisis. The tech industry intersects with climate concerns in a number of ways, not least of which is through its own growing demand for natural resources…

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418: Algorithms, AI, and Product Liability 1:02:34

4M ago1:02:34

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Ari Cohn (FIRE) and Tom Kurland (Patterson Belknap) discuss the spate of product-liability lawsuits against social-media and AI companies. Topics include: A tort law primer The ballad of Helen Palsgraf Causation, shmausation Speech =/= product Ideas are powerful. (That’s the point!) “Addiction.” You keep using that word … ♪ Junk science ♪ AI, suici…

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Assessing Tech Platform Responses Following the Assassination of Charlie Kirk 21:24

4M ago21:24

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Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, died Wednesday after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk’s assassination was instantly broadcast to the world from multiple perspectives on social media platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X. But in the hours and days that have followed, th…

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Across the US, Activists Are Organizing to Oppose Data Centers 44:40

4M ago44:40

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Demand for computing power is fueling a massive surge in investment in data centers worldwide. McKinsey estimates spending will hit $6.7 trillion by 2030, with more than $1 trillion expected in the U.S. alone over the next five years. As this boom accelerates, public scrutiny is intensifying. Communities across the country are raising questions abo…

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Through to Thriving: Centering Young People with Vaishnavi J 48:45

4M ago48:45

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For the latest episode in her series of podcast discussions, Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli spoke to Vaishnavi J, founder and principal of Vyanams Strategies (VYS), a trust and safety advisory firm focusing on youth safety, and a former safety leader at Meta, Twitter, and Google. Anika and Vaishnavi discussed a…

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417: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Is Wreaking Havoc 49:10

4M ago49:10

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Host Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) discusses why Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is wrong, how it muddies First Amendment law, and how it is already causing wider harm. Topics include: FSC v. Paxton: a result-oriented ruling A credulous court PoRn iS sCArY Ashcroft v. ACLU is sitting right there! tEcH Is ScARy RIP First Amendment 101 The porn-to-so…

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Seeing Like a Platform 40:30

4M ago40:30

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Today’s guest is Petter Törnberg, who with Justus Uitermark is one of the authors of a new book, titled Seeing Like a Platform: An Inquiry into the Condition of Digital Modernity, that sets out to address the “entanglement of epistemology, technology, and politics in digital modernity,” and what studying that entanglement can tell us about the work…

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Inside the Lobbying Blitz Over Colorado's AI Law 22:34

4M ago22:34

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Last year, Colorado signed a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence measure into law. The Colorado AI Act would require developers of high-risk AI systems to take reasonable steps to prevent harms to consumers, such as algorithmic discrimination, including by conducting impact assessments on their tools. But last week, the state kicked off a spe…

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416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More) 53:22

4M ago53:22

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Shoshana Weissmann (R Street) discusses the disastrous Online Safety Act, the growth of censorship in the UK, and more. Topics include: Protect the children, they said . . . The SpongeBob videos must stop Solve problems? Or just shut people up? How dare you comply with our law! Age verification in practice Peter Kyle: polite demagogue Let’s kill KO…

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New Insights on Tech and the Crisis of Democracy 50:39

5M ago50:39

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On this podcast, we’ve come back again and again to questions around mis- and disinformation, propaganda, rumors, and the role that digital platforms play in anti-democratic phenomena. In a new book published this summer by Oxford University Press called Connective Action and the Rise of the Far-Right: Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democra…

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Through to Thriving: Pursuing The Truth with Dr. Jasmine McNealy and Naomi Nix 51:17

5M ago51:17

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In the latest installment in her series of podcasts called Through to Thriving, Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navoroli speaks with Dr. Jasmine McNealy, an attorney, critical public interest technologist, and professor in the Department of Media Production, Management, and Technology at the University of Florida;, and Naomi Nix, a staff wri…

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Technology and Democracy in the New India 46:54

5M ago46:54

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Today’s guest, journalist Rahul Bhatia, has written a book that is part journalistic account, part history, and part memoir titled The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy. Reviewing the book in The Guardian, Salil Tripathi writes that “Bhatia’s remarkable book is an absorbing account of India’s transformation from the world’s l…

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A Conversation with Jeff Horwitz on Meta's Flawed Rules for AI Chatbots 24:11

5M ago24:11

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On Thursday, Reuters tech reporter Jeff Horwitz, who broke the story of the Facebook Papers back in 2021 when he was at the Wall Street Journal, published two pieces, both detailing new revelations about Meta’s approach to AI chatbots. In a Reuters special report, Horwitz tells the story of a man with a cognitive impairment who died while attemptin…

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From the Vault: Revising Section 230 Will Silence Marginalized Voices 26:15

5M ago26:15

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From November 8, 2020 (Episode 279): Billy Easley sits down with former host Ashkhen Kazaryan. They remind us of the value of the free and open Internet. Links: Revising the Law That Lets Platforms Moderate Content Will Silence Marginalized Voices Free Speech and Tech Policy at the US Supreme Court, 2025 (AEI Event)…

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Daniel Solove on Privacy, Technology, and the Rule of Law 48:02

5M ago48:02

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Daniel J. Solove is the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the George Washington University Law School. The project of his latest book, On Privacy and Technology, is to synthesize twenty five years of thinking about privacy into a “succinct and accessible” volume and to help the reader understa…

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415: The State of AI Regulation 53:05

5M ago53:05

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Matt Perault (a16z) joins Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) for a wide-ranging discussion of AI bills, AI laws, and AI vibes. Part of the WLF-TechFreedom Tech in the Courts webinar series. Topics include: Why did the AI moratorium die? Activity in the states Regulate outcomes, not models? Next steps in Congress “Transparency”: so hot right now The AI p…

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Through to Thriving: Advocating for Change with Nora Benavidez 48:42

5M ago48:42

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Through To Thriving is a a special series of podcast episodes hosted by Tech Policy Press fellow Anika Collier Navaroli. With her guests, Anika is imagining futures beyond our current moment. For this episode, she spoke with Nora Benavidez, senior counsel and director of digital justice and civil rights at the nonprofit Free Press. Anika and Nora d…

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Unpacking China's Global AI Governance Plan 49:10

5M ago49:10

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On Saturday, July 26, three days after the Trump administration published its AI action plan, China’s foreign ministry released that country’s action plan for global AI governance. As the US pursues “global dominance,” China is communicating a different posture. What should we know about China’s plan, and how does it contrast with the US plan? What…

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