Moderated Content Podcast
1) MC Weekly Update: Elon Musk JD Program False Advertising Unit
First up, Stanford's Riana Pfefferkorn joins the show to give an update on two child safety bills on the Hill. Then Alex and Evelyn discuss the DOJ's charges against members of a Chinese troll farm; P...Show More
2) The Election on Earth 3817
Alex and Evelyn talk about what has been happening on social media, and the discourse about what has been happening on social media, in the run up to the 2024 US Election, how it compares to past US e...Show More
3) Elon Musk's Six Wolves (And Character Limits)
Alex and Evelyn sit down with New York Times technology reporters Ryan Mac and Kate Conger to talk about their new book on Elon Musk's acquisition (and destruction) of Twitter, Character Limit, and wh...Show More
4) MC LIVE 9/27
Alex and Evelyn repeat the now-annual tradition of recording the podcast in front of probably their entire active listener base. They are joined by David Thiel, Brian Fishman, and Daphne Keller, to sa...Show More
5) Brazil Bans Elon Musk's X
Alex and Evelyn are joined by Carlos Affonso Souza, a Professor of Law at Rio de Janeiro State University and the Director of the Institute for Technology & Society in Rio de Janeiro, to talk about Br...Show More
6) The Arrest of Telegram's CEO
Alex and Evelyn discuss the arrest and charges against Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, in France, what we do and don't know, and what it means for the future of platform regulation, with Frédérick Douzet...Show More
7) News Update 8/13: DDoS Attacks Everywhere
Alex and Evelyn talk about Trump's return to X and other platforms, Thierry Breton's attempt to make it all about him, the hack and leak of Trump's campaign, the FBI's new rules around communicating w...Show More
8) The Supreme Court's Netchoice Ruling
Evelyn sat down with Professor Genevieve Lakier, of the University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Texas and Florida social media laws. Not the worst opini...Show More
9) The Supreme Court's Jawboning Decision
The Supreme Court's decision in Murthy v. Missouri is finally here! Evelyn sat down with Professor Genevieve Lakier, of the University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the good, bad and ugly of the o...Show More
10) News Update 6/25: We're Supposed to be the Good Guys
Alex and Evelyn discuss the Blue App's decline, YouTube's new experiment in content moderation, a US military-run information operation, the Surgeon-General's call for a warning on social media, and N...Show More