Does a cat stand on two legs or four?
The answer to that question may tell you all you need
to know about the government involving itself in social media
content moderation.
On today’s show, we cover the latest tech policy
developments involving the Federal Communications Commission,
Federal Trade Commission, AI regulation, and more.
Guests:
– Ari
Cohn, FIRE’s lead counsel, tech policy.
–
Adam Thierer, a resident technology and innovation senior
fellow at the R Street Institute
– Jennifer
Huddleston, a technology policy senior fellow at the CATO
Institute
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Section 230
06:55 FCC and Section 230
14:32 Brendan Carr and “faith-based programming”
28:24 Media companies’ settlements with the Trump
30:24 Brendan Carr at Semafor event
38:37 FTC and social media companies
48:09 AI regulations
01:03:43 Outro
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