Tech policy is at the center of the hottest debates in American law and politics. On the Tech Policy Podcast, host Corbin Barthold discusses the latest developm...
Ari Cohn (FIRE) and Corbin Barthold (TechFreedom) preview the biggest tech policy issues of the Trump II administration.Topics include:TikTok ban: still unconstitutionalTrump’s bonkers TikTok briefWas it worth it, Brendan Carr?Obsolete rules for obsolete TV networksCarr & Sec. 230: not how any of this worksAndrew Ferguson plays MAGA Mad LibsFerg & antitrust: not how any of this worksKOSA rises from the cryptLinks:Tech Policy Podcast 344: TikTok and the First AmendmentTech Policy Podcast 371: So You Want to Ban TikTokChristopher Terry’s Carr/Fox FOIA requestThe Incoming FCC Chair Is Threatening to Censor Views He Doesn’t LikeAndrew Ferguson’s FTC enforcement prioritiesThe Trump II FCC and FTC Will Use Any Stick to Beat a Dog
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From the Vault: Why Section 230 Matters
From October 31, 2022 (Episode 331): Emma Llansó discusses the history and importance of Section 230.Links:The Third Circuit’s Section 230 Decision In Anderson v. TikTok Is Pure PoppycockFive Decisions Illustrate How Section 230 Is Fading Fast
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393: Herbert Hovenkamp on the State of Antitrust Law
Herbert Hovenkamp (Penn Law and Wharton) shares his thoughts on the progressive antitrust movement, the government’s antitrust campaign against Big Tech, the 2023 Merger Guidelines, the famous tech antitrust cases of the past, and more.Links:Charting Antitrust’s FutureAntitrust Policy After BidenStructural Antitrust Relief Against Digital PlatformsBreaking Up Google Would Be a Big MistakeWhat Big Tech Antitrust Gets Wrong
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392: Vaping Heads to SCOTUS
Jonathan Adler (Case Western Law) and Ari Cohn (FIRE) discuss the FDA’s war on vaping and the Supreme Court case FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments.Topics include:The (comparative) health case for vapingYet another moral panicKids take risks!The bungling FDAA disappointing oral argumentFine points of administrative lawWill the Trump admin switch course?Links:En Banc Fifth Circuit Rejects FDA's Vaping Regulation "Surprise Switcheroo"Baptists, Bootleggers & Electronic CigarettesUneducating Americans on VapingThe Food & Drug Administration Has a Vaping ProblemMore Evidence that Bans on Flavored Vaping Products May Increase Teen SmokingSpeech Regulation and Tobacco Harm Reduction
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391: Dispatch from the Fediverse
Samantha Lai (Carnegie Endowment) discusses the state of federated social media (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, etc.).Topics include:A map of the fediverseWhat makes Bluesky new?Tools for tiny moderatorsTurning the dial of centralization“Community” or “echo chamber”?Will one platform “win” the fediverse?The beauty of exitThe beauty of the unknownLinks:Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social MediaSome (Slightly Biased) Thoughts on the State of Decentralized Social MediaDot Social with Mike McCueTech Policy Podcast 358: Information Animals Fighting Information WarsTech Policy Podcast 352: Yoel Roth on the Future of Content Moderation
Tech policy is at the center of the hottest debates in American law and politics. On the Tech Policy Podcast, host Corbin Barthold discusses the latest developments with some of the tech world's best journalists, lawyers, academics, and more.
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