Welcome to the Techdirt podcast! Each week (-ish, no promises), we'll post an episode here on Techdirt, or you can subscribe via Soundcloud, RSS or iTunes. Each episode begins with an essay, followed by a discussion, covering topic areas that are less news driven and instead more about larger ideas/concepts that we think are worth discussing. Enjoy!

Techdirt Podcast Episode 272: Section 230 Matters, With Ron Wyden & Chris Cox

Policy

from the celebrating-25-years dept

Tue, Mar 2nd 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Last week, we hosted Section 230 Matters, a virtual Techdirt fundraiser featuring a panel discussion with the two lawmakers who wrote the all-important text and got it passed 25 years ago: Chris Cox and Senator Ron Wyden. It was informative and entertaining, and for this week's episode of the podcast, we've got the full audio of the panel discussion about the history, evolution, and present state of Section 230.

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Filed Under: chris cox, content moderation, podcast, policy, ron wyden, section 230

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 271: Gaming Like It's 1925

from the post-jam dept

Wed, Feb 24th 2021 1:43pm — Leigh Beadon

We recently announced the winners of our third annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It's 1925. Now, just like last year, we're dedicating an episode of the podcast to looking at each of the winners a bit closer. Mike is joined by Randy Lubin (our partner in running the jams) and myself (with some unfortunate audio issues that I apologize for), to talk about all these great games that bring 1925 works into the present day.

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Filed Under: game jam, games, gaming like its 1925, podcast, public domain

Techdirt Podcast Episode 270: Regulating The Internet Won't Fix A Broken Government

Policy

from the when-you-have-a-hammer dept

Tue, Feb 16th 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

Questions of content moderation and intermediary liability have seeped into just about everything these days, and not just with regards to Section 230 but also a whole host of laws in the US and around the world. A lot of people seem to think that a long list of societal and political failings can be rectified by regulating content online, and don't talk about how these problems run deeper and have been around for a long time. One person who doesn't fall into this trap is Heather Burns from the Open Rights Group, and she joins Mike on this week's episode to talk about why regulating the internet won't magically fix everything else.

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Filed Under: content moderation, heather burns, intermediary liability, internet, open rights group, podcast, policy, regulation, section 230

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 269: The Oversight Board Starts Overseeing Facebook

Content Moderation

from the it-begins dept

Tue, Feb 9th 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

The first batch of decisions about Facebook's content moderation from the recently-established Oversight Board has garnered lots of reactions, including many kneejerk ones — but there's plenty to discuss, so for this week's episode Mike is joined by Harvard Law's Evelyn Douek to talk about the decisions themselves and what they signal about the board as a whole.

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Filed Under: content moderation, evelyn douek, oversight board, podcast
Companies: facebook

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 268: A New Approach To Fighting Online Harassment

(Mis)Uses of Technology

from the better-tools,-better-outcomes dept

Tue, Feb 2nd 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

The most important point we've repeatedly made about content moderation is that it's not simple, and there are always trade-offs — but this doesn't mean "do nothing" is a viable option. There are no perfect solutions, and that's why experimentation and innovation is important, especially when it comes to pressing moderation questions like those around abuse and harassment. This week we're joined by Tracy Chou, who is doing just this kind of innovation with her app Block Party, to talk about building new tools for fighting abuse and harassment online.

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Filed Under: content moderation, harassment, podcast, tracy chou
Companies: block party, twitter

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 267: A Section 230 Roundtable

Content Moderation

from the discussion-item dept

Tue, Jan 26th 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

We've got one more cross-post from another podcast this week, and the subject is still the law that's dominating the tech policy discourse: Section 230. Mike recently joined R Street's Shoshana Weissmann on the Daily Tech News Show hosted by Tom Merritt, for a roundtable discussion about the all-important online liability shield and its many, many vital applications that people typically fail to consider. You can listen to the whole conversation on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast.

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Filed Under: content moderation, podcast, policy, section 230

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 266: In Defense Of Section 230 & A Decentralized Internet

Content Moderation

from the we're-back dept

Tue, Jan 19th 2021 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

The podcast went on pause over the holidays and amidst the deluge of... events — but now we're back! And to kick things off, we've got a cross-post from Nick Gillespie's Reason podcast. Mike recently joined Nick for an interview about Section 230 and why a decentralized internet is better than a heavily-restricted one, and you can listen to the whole thing on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast.

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Filed Under: content moderation, decentralization, internet, podcast, section 230

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 265: The Future Of US Broadband

Broadband

from the needed-now-more-than-ever dept

Tue, Dec 8th 2020 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

The pandemic and associated lockdowns have underlined the incredible importance of broadband, and the many problems with it in America. This week, we're joined by Dane Jasper, CEO of Sonic — Mike's ISP, and one with a reputation for treating its customers well and speaking out against bad broadband policy and regulation — for an insider perspective on what's happening with US broadband in 2020, and where it might be going next.

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Filed Under: broadband, covid-19, dane jasper, pandemic, podcast
Companies: sonic

2 Comments

Techdirt Podcast Episode 264: A More Competitive Web, With Cory Doctorow & Daphne Keller

Innovation

from the different-framings dept

Tue, Dec 1st 2020 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

This week, we're having another conversation about how more decentralized, interoperable, and competitive systems could help restore the original promise of the open web — and this time around we've got a pair of guests with perspectives that are related to, but distinct from, the protocols, not platforms idea that we talk about so much. Author Cory Doctorow has been discussing adversarial interoperability or competitive compatibility, while Stanford's Daphne Keller has been proposing magic APIs, and both join this week's episode to discuss what all these things are, how they differ and relate, and how they could save the web.

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Filed Under: cory doctorow, daphne keller, interoperability, platforms, podcast, protocols

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 263: Is The Techlash Over?

Bleeding Edge

from the and-what-exactly-is-it dept

Wed, Nov 18th 2020 1:30pm — Leigh Beadon

This week, we've got another panel discussion for you, with Mike joining Georgetown Law fellow Gigi Sohn and panel moderator Zach Graves of the Lincoln Network (both also former podcast guests) at the Reboot 2020 conference to discuss the "techlash" — the public opinion backlash against big tech — and try to figure out what exactly it is, and where it's going in the future.

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Filed Under: gigi sohn, panel discussion, podcast, techlash, zach graves

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 272: Section 230 Matters, With Ron Wyden & Chris Cox

from the celebrating-25-years dept

Techdirt Podcast Episode 271: Gaming Like It's 1925

from the post-jam dept

Techdirt Podcast Episode 270: Regulating The Internet Won't Fix A Broken Government

from the when-you-have-a-hammer dept

Techdirt Podcast Episode 269: The Oversight Board Starts Overseeing Facebook

from the it-begins dept

Techdirt Podcast Episode 268: A New Approach To Fighting Online Harassment

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 267: A Section 230 Roundtable

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from the needed-now-more-than-ever dept

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