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Overreacting To Facebook's Mistakes Won't Solve Anything

302

What Does It Mean For Social Media To Be Held Accountable?

303

How MoviePass Makes Money

304

The Worst Of Both Worlds: SESTA & FOSTA Together

305

Disrupting Google

306

Lies, Damned Lies & Audience Metrics

307

Truth, Trust, Transparency & Tribalism

308

An Interview With Rep Zoe Lofgren

309

Free Speech & The Marketplace Of Ideas

310

Facebook Won't Save Democracy

311

The CES 2018 Post-Mortem

312

Barbies v. Bratz

313

The Lost Art Of Productive Debate

314

Games That Tell Stories

315

Can A Trivia App Resurrect Appointment Viewing?

316

Tom Wheeler Reacts To Trump's FCC

317

The Perils Of Internet Platform Regulation

318

No Easy Answers: Facebook & The Election

319

Who Still Needs A Personal Computer?

320

Donald Trump, Howard Stern... And Copyright

321

WTF With Tim O'Reilly

322

How Scandalous Are Facebook's Ad Scandals?

323

When Godwin's Law Met The Streisand Effect

324

Customize Everything!

325

Pokémon Gone?

326

20 Years Of Techdirt

327

The Problems With SESTA And Why Section 230 Matters

328

These Scammers Picked The Wrong Guy

329

Is There Any Smartphone Innovation Left?

330

Is The Economy More Important Than Democracy?

331

Is It Bad If Facebook Copies Everything Snapchat Does?

332

Rob Reid On Writing & Publishing A SciFi Novel In 2017

333

Patent Trolls, With Cloudflare's General Counsel

334

Copyright, Music & 'Theft'

335

Talking Freedom Of Information With A "FOIA Terrorist"

336

Re-Decentralizing The Web

337

The Future Of Internet Copyright, With TechFreedom

338

No, The MP3 Isn't Dead

339

Truth And Fiction With Cory Doctorow

340

The Crypto Wars May Never End

341

The Surveillance State

342

Does Pharma Really Need Patents?

343

The Evolution Of The Office

344

Why This ISP Supports Net Neutrality, Privacy Rules And More

345

The Truth About VPNs

346

The End Of Ownership

347

Alexa, Play This Podcast

348

Will Regulations Ground Drone Innovation?

349

When A Typo Breaks The Internet

350

The Miracle Of Booking Flights

351

Luck In Silicon Valley, With Robert Frank

352

The New FCC

353

Autonomous Cars Are Accelerating

354

Changing Government Starts With You

355

An Office In A Bag

356

The CES 2017 Post-Mortem

357

The Pros And Cons Of Pros And Cons

358

Is The Internet Of Things The Future, A Total Mess, Or Both?

359

Can We Really Colonize Mars?

360

Where Do You Get Your News?

361

Supporting Creators, With Patreon Founder Jack Conte

362

Debating The Facebook Filter Bubble, With Mathew Ingram

363

Is There A Better Way To Pick A President?

364

Can Tech Be Trusted Without Antitrust?

365

Death Knell For Software Patents

366

A Presidential Tech Policy Wish List

367

The Headphone Jack Apocalypse!

368

Pardon Snowden

369

Passwords Suck; What's Next?

370

Is Facebook Moderation A Necessary Evil?

371

Is Capitalism Over?

372

Inside A Really Good Kickstarter Campaign

373

The Gawker Debate

374

An Interview With Kim Dotcom's Lawyer

375

Have Platforms Killed The Open Internet By Replacing Protocols?

376

Is Your Algorithm Racist?

377

Is It The 'Pokémon' Or The 'Go' That Matters?

378

'Disruption' Is Not An Excuse For Lying

379

Chatbots: Fad Or The Future?

380

Senator Wyden On The Expansion Of FBI Surveillance

381

Can Direct Democracy Work?

382

What's Next For Net Neutrality?

383

What's Next For Online Video?

384

The Link Between Credit And Surveillance

385

Tech Policy Goes Local

386

What Happened At The Oracle Google Trial?

387

Why Is Tesla So Successful?

388

Is There Enough Demand For The On Demand Economy?

389

The Tough Choices Platforms Make

390

Should Internet Companies Sway Elections?

391

Is It Futile To Draw Borders On The Internet?

392

Free Culture And Aaron Swartz (Part Two)

393

Free Culture And Aaron Swartz (Part One)

394

The Great Encryption Debate: Should There Be Back Doors?

395

Why Are There So Many Messaging Companies?

396

Net Neutrality, Zero Rating & The Games Internet Providers Play

397

Apple, The FBI & You

398

Hacking The Patent System

399

The Best/Worst Time To Be A Content Creator

400

Barry Eisler On Publishing, Keanu Reeves And More (Part Two)