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Tech CEOs Head to the Hill, Again

Tech CEOs Head to the Hill, Again

FromThe Lawfare Podcast


Tech CEOs Head to the Hill, Again

FromThe Lawfare Podcast

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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on Arbiters of Truth, the Lawfare Podcast’s miniseries on our online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Issie Lapowsky, a senior reporter at the tech journalism publication Protocol. They discussed last week’s hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter—the first time the companies had been called to testify on the Hill after the Capitol riot, which focused public attention on the content moderation policies of tech platforms when it comes to domestic extremism. The hearing produced some interesting takeaways, but also a lot of moments when the CEOs were awkwardly forced to answer complicated questions with a simple "yes" or "no" answer. They also discussed Issie’s reporting on how tech companies have struggled to figure out how to address far-right extremism in the United States as opposed to Islamist extremism. And they talked about Section 230 reform and what it’s like reporting on the tech space. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Apr 1, 2021
Format:
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