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The Tech Policy Press Podcast

Tech Policy Press

Tech Policy Press is a nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy. You can find us at https://techpolicy.press/, where you can join the newsletter.

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57:09

Tech, Democracy and Market Power

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/12/12

We’ve got two segments today. First up, Alexandra Reeve Givens, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) discusses last week’s Summit for Democracy and what it accomplished. Second, we speak with Marshall Steinbaum, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah about market and monopoly power, tech platforms and antitrust.

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39:42

An AI Strategy for New York City

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/12/05

In October, New York City launched its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. A 116-page document, the strategy says "Like software itself, AI will touch virtually every area of life in the years ahead, including everything from basic scientific research to the operation of various products and services, and its impacts will be felt from a personal to a societal scale. For these reasons, the City of New York believes that an ecosystem approach grounded in digital rights is necessary to maximize

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01:07:51

Information Disorder and Who Profits From It

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/11/28

Today, we’ve got two conversations about the problem of mis- and disinformation.In the first segment, Courtney Radsch, a Tech Policy Press contributor and board member, speaks with Vivian Schiller, Executive Director of Aspen Digital, a part of the Aspen Institute that just released the final report of the Commission on Information Disorder. And in the second segment, Justin Hendrix speaks with Karen Hao, senior AI editor at MIT Technology Review about her year reporting on how the business model of

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01:22:10

Platform Integrity, Platform Democracy

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/11/21

Today, we’ve got two separate but related conversations about social media and how it intersects with democracy and society.In the first segment, we’re going to hear from Jeff Allen and Sahar Massachi, two former Facebook employees who are the founders of the Integrity Institute, a new nonprofit organization. They believe one solution to the problems on social media is the development of a community of integrity professionals with experience at a variety of social media platforms that can come

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54:33

The Tech Worker Handbook & the Filter Bubble...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/11/14

There are two segments in this week's show:First- Ifeoma Ozoma is the Founder and Principal of Earthseed, a consulting firm advising individuals, organizations, and companies on tech accountability, public policy and health misinformation. A tech policy expert, Ifeoma is a co-sponsor of the Silenced No More Act. The legislation, authored by CA State Senator Connie Leyva and recently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, allows everyone in California to share information about discrimination or

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01:17:01

Holding Big Tech Accountable for Disinformation and...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/11/07

The first segment in this episode is a conversation with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat representing Illinois’ 9th district. Representative Schakowsky serves as Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has called the tech CEOs to testify in recent months and introduced proposed legislation.The second is a discussion on the threat of big tech and disinformation to social movements that took

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49:54

A Conversation with the Oversight Board's John...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/31

This is Part 3 of three special episodes focused on Facebook in the wake of the revelations in what has come to be known as the Facebook Papers, reports based on a trove of documents brought forward by whistleblower Frances Haugen. On Thursday- the same day Facebook announced its name change to Meta- Tech Policy Press had the chance to speak with two members of the Oversight Board, the entity the company set up to provide external oversight to its content moderation decisions and to help it make

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44:06

The Facebook Papers: Conversations with Jeff Horwitz...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/29

This is Part 2 of four special episodes focused on the revelations in what has come to be known as the Facebook papers, reports based on a trove of documents brought forward by whistleblower Frances Haugen. In the first part, we heard from the Executive Editor of The Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance, who wrote about the challenge Facebook poses to democracy. In this episode, I had a chance to catch up with two people- first, Jeff Horwitz, a technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal and one of the

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31:26

The Facebook Papers: A Conversation with Adrienne...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/27

This week’s revelations in what has come to be known as the Facebook papers- reports based on a trove of documents brought forward by whistleblower Frances Haugen- are keeping Facebook and its senior executives at the top of news feeds around the world. In the avalanche of coverage, one particular piece stood out to me-one written by Adrienne LaFrance, executive editor ofThe Atlantic, and a writer and observer that I regard has having a keen insight into issues at the intersection of technology and

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43:46

The Perils of Amazon Ring

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/24

Earlier this month, Evan Selinger, a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, published a paper with co-author Darrin Durant in the journal Science as Culture titled Amazon’s Ring: Surveillance as a Slippery Slope. Last month, a must-read profile of Chris Gilliard by Will Oremus for The Washington Post also started out with concerns about Ring, before detailing Gilliard’s perspective and background. I invited Evan and Chris to join me to discuss their writings on Ring, and

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01:19:21

Seeing Inside the Algorithms

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/17

This is a two part show- first, a discussion about how to make sure independent researchers have access to the data from technology platforms; and second, a book talk with the author of How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News: Exploring the Impacts of Social Media, Deepfakes, GPT-3 and More.In the wake of the revelations brought forward by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, there is a great deal of focus among lawmakers and regulators in many capitals to figure out how to see inside the

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35:14

Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Part 5: Ramesh...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/16

On October 7th,Tech Policy Presshosted a mini-conference,Reconciling Social Media and Democracy. While various solutions to problems at the intersection of social media and democracy are under consideration, from regulation to antitrust action, some experts are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create a new social media ecosystem that relies less on centrally managed platforms like Facebook and more on decentralized, interoperable services and components.This fifth features Dr. Ramesh

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48:39

Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Part 4: Tracy...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/16

On October 7th,Tech Policy Presshosted a mini-conference calledReconciling Social Media and Democracy. While various solutions to problems at the intersection of social media and democracy are under consideration, from regulation to antitrust action, some experts are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create a new social media ecosystem that relies less on centrally managed platforms like Facebook and more on decentralized, interoperable services and components.The fourth segment of the event

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30:27

Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Part 3: Cory...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/16

On October 7th,Tech Policy Presshosted a mini-conference calledReconciling Social Media and Democracy. While various solutions to problems at the intersection of social media and democracy are under consideration, from regulation to antitrust action, some experts are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create a new social media ecosystem that relies less on centrally managed platforms like Facebook and more on decentralized, interoperable services and components.The third segment features Cory

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30:44

Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Part 2: Joan...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/14

On October 7th,Tech Policy Presshosted a mini-conference calledReconciling Social Media and Democracy.While various solutions to problems at the intersection of social media and democracy are under consideration, from regulation to antitrust action, some experts are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create a new social media ecosystem that relies less on centrally managed platforms like Facebook and more on decentralized, interoperable services and components.The first discussion at the event

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01:27:39

Reconciling Social Media & Democracy, Part 1:...

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/14

On October 7th,Tech Policy Presshosted a mini-conference calledReconciling Social Media and Democracy.While various solutions to problems at the intersection of social media and democracy are under consideration, from regulation to antitrust action, some experts are enthusiastic about the opportunity to create a new social media ecosystem that relies less on centrally managed platforms like Facebook and more on decentralized, interoperable services and components.The first discussion at the event

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38:11

Resisting Corporate Surveillance

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/10

The United Nations General Assembly just took place in New York. We get a report on it from Maya Plentz, who covers technology and innovation at the United Nations and its agencies, for The UN Brief,a subscription-based news platform.Then, we’re going to hear from Ari Ezra Waldman, a lawyer and sociologist, and Professor of Law and Computer Science at Northeastern University. He’s the author of Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power.

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33:34

A Whistleblower, Facebook, Social Media & Polarization

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/04

The relationship between Facebook and political polarization is in the spotlight. Frances Haugen, the whistleblower that took documents to the Wall Street Journal, Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission, appeared on CBS 60 Minutes Sunday night. “The version of Facebook that exists today is tearing our societies apart and causing ethnic violence around the world," she said.Yet Facebook executives such as Nick Clegg and Mark Zuckerberg take pains to disavow the connection between social

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58:24

Facebook, Instagram and Young People's Well-Being

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/10/03

Most Tech Policy Press podcast listeners will by now be well familiar with the Facebook Files, a series of Wall Street Journal articles revealing internal research and information from Facebook that show the company aware of a variety of serious problems on its platforms that affect people’s lives and our politics. This week, Antigone Davis, Facebook’s Head of Safety, was brought before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to discuss the

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01:28:22

The Bad News on Internet Freedom

The Tech Policy Press Podcast ·

2021/09/26

We’ve got a three part jumbo show today. First, we’ll dive in to the results of the annual Freedom on the Net report from Freedom House with Allie Funk, Senior Research Analyst for Technology and Democracy at Freedom House. Then, we’re going to look at one place where internet freedoms are at risk- Canada, where a new proposal to regulate online harms looms- with Michael Geist, Professor of Law and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa and Daphne Keller,

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