All Episodes

435: Live: The Perennial Urge to Censor New Technology

From the Vault: Algorithmic Amplification

434: The Free Speech Recession

433: AI and the First Amendment

432: Live: The New Frontiers of Speech

431: Barrett’s Moody Concurrence: Oddly Popular, Wholly Wrong

430: Social Media on Trial

429: AI and Jobs

428: New Right Antitrust: Culture War Over Consumer Welfare

427: More State Tech Policy Than You Can Poke a Stick At

New Year’s Message / From the Vault: Age Verification

426: Copyright v. The Internet

425: Social Media Is Always Changing

424: Meta Beats the Antitrust Regulators

423: Free Speech Hypocrites

422: Algorithms Rule the Internet (and Ash Feels Fine)

421: OpenAI’s Tumultuous Corporate Reboot

420: Tech and Immigration

419: Do Tech Optimists Have a Party?

418: Algorithms, AI, and Product Liability

417: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Is Wreaking Havoc

416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

From the Vault: Revising Section 230 Will Silence Marginalized Voices

415: The State of AI Regulation

414: Beware the Butlerian Jihad

413: AI: Things Are About to Get Weird

412: NASA: Lost in Space?

411: Live: (Fired?) FTC Commissioners Slaughter & Bedoya

410: The FTC and Online Speech: What’s Next?

409: The FTC’s Quixotic Social Media Inquiry

408: Live: FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez

407: Google Search Antitrust Remedies

406: The Take It Down Act (Is a Weapon)

405: No, Internet Age Verification Has Not Been “Solved”

404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption

403: The Constitutional Crisis

402: Can Trump Fire FTC Commissioners at Will?

401: Everything NetChoice

400: The Harm the TikTok Ruling Will Do

399: What the TikTok Ruling Should Have Said

398: AI Policy Potpourri (Part Two)

397: AI Policy Potpourri (Part One)

396: The Cybersecurity Crisis

395: The Digital Fourth Amendment — With Orin Kerr

394: Tech and Trump 2.0

From the Vault: Why Section 230 Matters

393: Herbert Hovenkamp on the State of Antitrust Law

392: Vaping Heads to SCOTUS

391: Dispatch from the Fediverse

390: The Apple Antitrust Case

389: The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform — With Daphne Keller

388: The Abundance Agenda — With Marshall Kosloff

From the Vault: Progress — With Alec Stapp

387: Crypto Regulation — With Paul Grewal

386: Major Questions About Major Questions

385: AI Snake Oil

384: The Facebook Antitrust Case

383: SCOTUS Internet Non-Law

382: AI and Everything

381: American Techno-Industrial Leadership — With Noah Smith

380: Quantum Computing

379: Child Online Safety Legislation as Bright Shiny Object

378: Broadband Regulation at the Zombie FCC

377: AI and Wicked Problems

376: Influencer, Algorithm, Crowd — With Renée DiResta

From the Vault: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet

375: Tech Facts and Fallacies

374: Politics and Technological Change

#373: Porn and the First Amendment

#372: Spacesuits!

#371: So You Want to Ban TikTok

#370: The SCOTUS Internet-Speech Law Apocalypse — With Daphne Keller

#369: AI and State Capacity

#368: How the Government Gets Your Data

#367: The White Pill

#366: Tech, Gender, and Freedom

#365: Is the Internet Killing Culture? (No. Don’t Be Stupid.)

#364: Will No One Rid Us of This Warrantless Surveillance?

#363: AI and Elections

From the Vault: The Revolt of the Public — With Martin Gurri

From the Vault: Responding to the Broadband Populists

#362: Common Carrier Rules, the Tech Stack, and You

#361: AI, Art, Copyright, and the Life of Brian

#360: Red States vs. Every SCOTUS Internet Precedent

#359: Your Right to Lie — With Jeff Kosseff

#358: Information Animals Fighting Information Wars

#357: The Amazon Antitrust Case

#356: The UK Targets End-to-End Encryption

#355: Conservative Futurism

#354: Online Age Verification (Sucks)

#353: The Google Search Antitrust Trial

#352: Yoel Roth on the Future of Content Moderation

#351: The End of Chevron Deference?

#350: When the Government Yells at Social Media

#349: The State of Space Exploration

#348: The State of Space Regulation

#347: When Schools Scapegoat Social Media

#346: Who’s Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

#345: Content Moderation Around the World

#344: TikTok and the First Amendment

#343: China and National Security

#342: Save the Children (From State Social Media Laws)

#341: The FTC Tries to Shape the Market

#340: Making Sense of the SCOTUS Internet Speech Cases

#339: Will Tech Swallow the Fourth Amendment?

#338: Gonzalez v. Google

#337: China and Domestic Surveillance

#336: Tech Illiteracy on the Right

#335: Is Screen Time Bad for Kids?

#334: Snake Oil Salvation: Malcom Kyeyune on the New Internet Counterculture

#333: The FCC in Space

#332: Facial Recognition Technology

#331: Section 230’s Long Path to SCOTUS

#330: The FTC & FCC in Court

#329: Will Rinehart’s Wild Weird Brain

#328: What’s the Deal with European Antitrust?

#327: The Collapse of Complex Societies

#326: Content Moderation Potpourri

#325: Live: Quinta Jurecic on Jan. 6, Social Media, and the Great Rage

#324: Parler Games

#323: Florida & Texas vs. the Internet

#322: FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips

#321: Musk’s Moderation Musings (And Beyond)

#320: The Right and Social Media

#319: Remember FAANG?

#318: The Universal Service Fund

#317: Making Progress

#316: Putin’s War and the Internet

#315: Social Media “Transparency” as First Amendment Violation

#314: The State of Internet Freedom

#313: Responding to the Broadband Populists

#312: Web3

#311: Administrative Law, and Why You Should Care

#310: Algorithmic Amplification

#309: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet

#308: All Eyes on the FTC

#307: Complexity Theory in One Lesson

#306: The New Space Race

#305: FISA at the Supreme Court

#304: Gen Z and Social Media

#303: Antitrust and Innovation

#302: Epic v. Apple

#301: The Realignment

#300: The New Editors

#299: Can Apple Protect Children While Respecting Privacy?

#298: Blood Trial: Elizabeth Holmes Goes to Court

#297: The Latest on Section 230

#296: The Antitrust Crusade Against Big Tech

#295: Can Social Media Be Regulated Like Common Carriage?

#294: Border Searches of Digital Devices

#293: The Supply of Renée DiResta Should Be Infinite

#292: Is Miami the Next Great Tech Hub?

#291: The Facebook Oversight Board

#290: The Net Neutrality Feud Heads West

#289: The History, Use, and Abuse of the Fairness Doctrine

#288: The State of Data Privacy Law

#287: No, Florida Can’t Regulate Online Speech

#286: How Algorithms Can Fight Extremism

#285: Data Rights for Criminal Defendants

#284: The Revolt of the Public

#283: Privacy and Surveillance in China

#282: Tech and the Biden Administration

#281: Should companies be allowed to acquire their start-up competitors?

#280: Section 230, Antitrust, and Consumer Protection

#279: Revising Section 230 Will Silence Marginalized Voices

#278: Privacy by Design

#277: Can the DOJ Break up Google?

#276: Nationalizing 5G?!

#275: The Future of Innovation

#274: Can Platforms Stop the Spread of Misinformation?

#273: [The] Breakup Speech: Antitrust and Free Speech

#272: Transparency, Tech, and Surveillance with WashingTech

#271: Pay Black Women, Pinterest

#270: Cryptocurrency and Florida’s Tech Policy

#269: Telehealth in the Age of COVID-19 – What’s Next?

#268: 5G Innovation w/ Samsung

#267: 5G and the Spectrum Wars

#266: The Economics of Tech Policy w/ TPI

#265: Preventing Algorithmic Discrimination

#264: Is the WHO Blowing Smoke about Vaping Dangers?

#263: A Tech Update from the West Coast

#262: Another Attack on Encryption

#261: Florida’s Sharing Economy

#260: How America Can Keep Leading Innovation

#259: Section 230 and Online 'Censorship'

#258: Protecting creativity with Pinterest

#257: The Future of 5G with T-Mobile

#256: Driving Out Flexibility

#255 How Much Should We Worry About Deep Fakes?

#254: Bridging the Digital Divide through Internet Essentials

#253: The Road Ahead for Self-Driving Cars

#252: Harm-Reducing E-Cigs Might Go up in Smoke

#251: SESTA/FOSTA Hurts the Victims It Aims to Protect

#250: Mapbox

#249: Information Fiduciaries: The Privacy Awakens

#248: Everything You Wanted to Know about Information Fiduciaries but Were Afraid to Ask

#247: Seeing the Silver Lining in the Current Techlash

#246: Talking Privacy with DuckDuckGo

#245: Does the Internet Actually Need Saving?

#244: Utah Wants a Warrant

#243: Will the Electric Scooter Movement Lose Its Charge?

#242: Hybrid Networks and the Future of Wireless

#241: Journalists v. Trump

#240: Techlash: What Do Americans Think?

#239: Net Neutrality: Can States Regulate the Internet?

#238: Breaking Down Encryption

#237: Prodigal Son Returns

#236: Low Hanging Fruit with Professor Daskal

#235: Hasta La Vista, Robocalls?!

#234: Judging Judge Kavanaugh

#233: The Sharing Economy is Dead... Long Live the Hustle Economy

#232: Nationalizing 5G

#231: Preview of the Internet Governance Forum USA 2018

#230: Updating the FCC's Kid Vid Rules with Commissioner O'Rielly

#229: LabMD Court Decision Ushers in a New Era for the FTC

#228: FBI Lost Count... Of Locked Phones

#227: Can Flightsharing Finally Take Off?

#226: The Fairness Doctrine: The Next Generation

#225: WHOIS going to deal with cybersecurity: GDPR Edition

#224: Disruptive Innovation (Part 1)

#223: Law Enforcement as a Political Weapon

#222: Bring in the Nerds: Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment

#221: Swarm’s Rogue Satellites

#220: FDA, Free Speech and E-Cigarettes

#219: Women in Tech

#218: How Should Congress Address Online Sex Trafficking?

#217: What is Cybersecurity, and How Can it Affect the Winter Olympics?

#216: The Nunes Memo and FISA Explained

#215: The Net Neutrality CRA: Yay or Nay?

#214: Information Intermediaries in a Nutshell

#213: Heat Baby Heat? Harm Reduction and E-Cigarettes

#212: Department of Labor Saves Gig Economy

#211: Warrantless Spying & Parallel Construction

#210: Watching the Watchmen: Surveillance in 2017 ... and Beyond

#209: Restoring Internet Freedom? Feat. Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner

#208: Data Danger: Keeping Information Safe Online

#207: Carving Out Privacy Rights: Carpenter v US

#206: The Future of Internet Regulation w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

#205: Who Owns the Airwaves?

#204: Digital Learning: Future or a Flunk?

#203: Super Mathio? What We Learn From Video Games

#202: Artificial Intelligence

#201: Who Owns the Media?

#200: Bicentennial

#199: Telemedicine

#198: Social Media and Elections (w/ FEC Comm'r Lee Goodman)

#197: Technologiepolitik

#196: Online Voting

#195: Textalyzer

#194: Is the RAISE Act Sinking?

#193: NAFTA, Tech, and Trade

#192: Cyber Digest

#191: The Future of Online Music

#190: Thinking Outside the (X)Box

#189: Fighting Online Sex Trafficking

#188: Sex Offenders and Social Media

#187: Engaging Cuba

#186: Road to the Driverless Future Part 2 (Mass Transit)

#185: Law Enforcement Seeks Data Abroad

#184: Sex Toy Hacking

#183: Is the Sharing Economy Progressive?

#182: Powering the Internet

#181: NextGen Air Traffic

#180: Mayday for Tech in the UK

#179: Hate Speech

#178: Is it time to break up Big Tech?

#177: Online Privacy and the BROWSER Act

#176: Future of Internet Copyright (w/ TechDirt)

#175: The Driverless Future

#174: Vaping and the FDA

#173: NSA Checks Itself?

#172: Future of Internet Regulation (w/ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai)

#171: Tech and Immigration

#170: Tech and Tax Reform

#169: The Future of Tech Policy

#168: FBI and Facial Recognition

#167: The Airbnb Wars Rage On

#166: Hacking the CIA

#165: Regulating the Universe

#164: Blogging in Ethiopia

#163: Online Sales Tax

#162: Should Government Pay for Broadband?

#161: Spying on the World

#160: Privacy at the Border

#159: Next-Gen TV

#158: Who Owns Your Data?

#157: Counterpoint on Trump's FCC

#156: Car Talk

#155: Supreme Court of Tech

#154: Augmented Reality and Poképolicy

#153: Trump Picks Ajit Pai for FCC Chair

#152: Uber Dodges Bullet in Maryland

#151: 16 Going on 17

#150: If Hotels Could Regulate Airbnb

#149: Do Smart Cars Need Smart Roads?

#148: Fake News and Filter Bubbles

#147: Secret Law

#146: Robot Scalpers and the BOTS Act

#145: Chicago's War on Homesharing

#144: 5G and the Internet of Everything

#143: Trump's FCC

#142: Fake News and the Fairness Doctrine

#141: Trump's Tech Policy

#140: Comparing EU and US Tech Policy

#139: Make America Boom Again

#138: New York's Crackdown on Airbnb

#137: Cuba's Digital Future

#136: The Age of Emulation

#135: Bug Bounties

#134: California Regs on Self-Driving Cars

#133: Russian Hacking and Surveillance

#132: Indiana E-Cig Law Struck Down

#131: Uber Battles in Montreal, London

#130: The Future of Internet Governance

#129: Surveillance on Arab-Americans

#128: Mobile Money in Africa

#127: Rules of the Driverless Road

#126: Who Watches the Watchmen?

#125: An Economics-Free Zone

#124: Suing a Website

#123: Flytenow and Plane-sharing

#122: Saving Local News

#121: An Uber Bailout For Taxis

#120: From 4G to 5G

#119: FCC Loses on Government Broadband

#118: Subsidizing Uber

#117: FBI Spying on Journalists

#116: Digital Free Speech Part 2 with FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman

#115: Brexit and Tech

#114: The Internet of Cars

#113: Wikipedia for Data

#112: Verizon Shifts on Business Broadband

#111: FDA Cracks Down on E-Cigs

#110: TechFreedom Appeals FCC Power Grab

#109: Small Business and the Internet

#108: Microsoft Beats Justice Department in Ireland

#107: Digital Free Speech (w/ FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman)

#106: GOP Tech Platform: The Good, Bad, the Vague

#105: GOP Platform: Who Governs the Internet?

#104: Legal Hacking

#103: A Network for the Future

#102: The FBI and Browser Spying

#101: Government and the Internet of Things

#100: Centenario

#99: Controlling the Price of Business Broadband

#98: Uber for Planes?

#97: Space Regulation

#96: Recharging Hotels

#95: Cybersecurity Myths

#94: Email Privacy in an Emergency

#93: Activism, or Slacktivism?

#92: Government Hacking

#91: Democrats Divide on Uber

#90: Media Ownership

#89: Arizona Tackles Airbnb, Home Sharing

#88: Regulating Fantasy Sports

#87: High School Surveillance Debate

#86: Supreme Court Decides in Spokeo

#85: Privacy in the Golden Age of Surveillance

#84: WhatsApp with Brazil?

#83: Europe's War on Google

#82: Tech Policy in Europe

#81: How Stuff Works: Software-Defined Networking 101

#80: FCC Comm'r Ajit Pai Dissents on Charter-TWC Merger

#79: Uber Shuts Down in Austin, TX

#78: Permissionless Innovation

#77: Facebook Bias? The Right Over-Reacts

#76: Little Rock's Taxi Monopoly is on Trial

#75: War on Drug Phones

#74: The Role of Phone Companies in Surveillance

#73: On Amazon's Design, Gov't Knows Best

#72: Regulating Bitcoin

#71: How Stuff Works: Bitcoin 101

#70: Auctioning the Airwaves

#69: TWC-Charter Merger and FCC Extortion

#68: Uber Settles a Lawsuit

#67: Killing the Cable Box

#66: Government Transparency

#65: Student Debt and Technology

#64: Encryption is a Global Issue

#63: Special Prices for Business Broadband

#62: Uber Surge and Price-Fixing

#61: FCC Shenanigans and Deal-Breaking

#60: Email Privacy, It's Happening?

#59: FCC Takes on Privacy (w/ FCC Commr. Mike O'Rielly)

#58: Banning Encryption

#57: Burner Phones and Terrorism

#56: FCC Intrigue, Netflix Throttling, and Zero-Rating (w/ FCC Comm’r Mike O’Rielly)

#55: 3D Printing, Free Speech, and Gun Rights

#54: Presidential Campaigns & Big Data

#53: Don't F@*# With My Call of Duty

#52: Regulating Airbnb

#51: Netflix Wins Hypo(crite) Award

#50: Regulators Gonna Regulate

#49: Apple v FBI- On Hold... For Now

#48: How Stuff Works - The Sharing Economy

#47: Government-Run Internet

#46: The Nether

#45: Sex Trafficking and the Internet

#44: A Lifeline for Broadband

#43: Drone Safety

#42: Broadband Privacy

#41: The War on Hacking

#40: Unlocking the Cable Box

#39: Uber vs. Thumbtack: Labor in the Sharing Economy

#38: How Stuff Works - Spectrum 101

#37: Social Media and Terrorism

#36: MOBILE NOW & The Future of Wireless

#35: Imperial FCC

#34: Washington #TechFail

#33: Space Law (Part 3) Mining in Space

#32: McCaul Encryption Comission

#31: EU Digital Single Market: The View from Milan

#30: “Net Neutrality” (Ahem, Title II) Progress Report

#29: Bitcoin is Unleashing Economies

#28: Space Law (Part 2) Property Rights in Space

#27: Connecting the Rez: Broadband on Tribal Lands

#26: Scalia & Net Neutrality: Law and Politics

#25: Drones & Humanitarianism

#24: Apple v FBI: Unlocking the iPhone

#23: Getting SLAPPed for Online Speech

#22: India Shuts Down Free Internet

#21: Broadband Deployment in America with FCC Comm'r Ajit Pai

#20 - Spying on Foreigners (and Ourselves)

#19: Europocrisy: EU Privacy Hypocrisy with Stewart Baker

#18: 20 Years of Internet Regulation

#17: E-Cigarettes

#16: Internet in Africa

#15: Email Privacy

#14: Internet Taxes

#13: Space Law! (Part 1)

#12: Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things

#11: Uber and the Future of Work

#10: Internet Coupons

#9: Binge On & Zero-Rating

#8: Privacy Reform — or Digital Trade War?

#7: Uber Wars

#6: Democratic Debate

#5: GOP Debate

#4: DraftKings and FanDuel

#3: SOTU Reaction & the Big Picture of Tech Policy

#2: State of the Union

#1: Introduction