
426: Copyright v. The Internet
11/12/2025 | 47 mins.
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 Entertainment

425: Social Media Is Always Changing
02/12/2025 | 1h 1 mins.
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.

424: Meta Beats the Antitrust Regulators
20/11/2025 | 57 mins.
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 rulingMaybe Zuck just . . . knows what he’s doing?Users want what they want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Does your market definition pass the laugh test?Links:Tech Policy Podcast 384: The Facebook Antitrust Case Tech Policy Podcast 393: Herbert Hovenkamp on the State of Antitrust Law

423: Free Speech Hypocrites
13/11/2025 | 58 mins.
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 hirePolitical opponents = terror groups?!Brendan Carr is a lap dogJawboning rebrand: it’s “outreach”!Terrorizing foreign students is badLinks:What if the Big Law Firms Hadn’t Caved to Trump?The Global Free Speech RecessionTech Policy Podcast 394: Tech and Trump 2.0

422: Algorithms Rule the Internet (and Ash Feels Fine)
03/11/2025 | 59 mins.
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 aLGoRitHmIn defense of Section 230Once more: Anderson v. TikTok is so badHas information gotten too cheap?Why Evangelicals should love AIWhy every platform has a metamorphosisLet’s get cancelledLinks:I Built This Algo Brick by BrickThe Bedrock PrincipleNeural VizTech Policy Podcast 417: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Is Wreaking HavocTPP From the Vault: Revising Section 230 Will Silence Marginalized VoicesTPP From the Vault: Why Section 230 Matters



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