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Saving Democracy From Fascism
Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we've published several cross-posts from his Substack about the horrifying goings-on in …
Published on 12 hours ago
Social Media Is Always Changing
For two decades, the landscape of social media has been constantly changing, and the discourse about "free speech" has been changing alongside it. This week, we've got a bit of an open-ended discussi…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Venture Capital Is Eating The World
It was nearly 400 episodes ago when Catherine Bracy joined the podcast for a two part discussion to talk about Silicon Valley culture and what investors are willing to fund. Now, more than a decade l…
Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago
An Insider's View Of Decentralized Social Media
As you know, we talk a lot about decentralization and protocols over platforms. When it comes to decentralized social media in particular, one person who has been working on it since the earliest day…
Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago
The New Generation Of Independent Journalists
Techdirt recently passed its 28th anniversary as an independent online media outlet. Once, it looked like such outlets might take over, but then most were scooped up by traditional media or grew into…
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
DuckDuckGo Wants You To Have More Control Over AI
We've written a lot about how AI can empower users when employed the right way, but how this is difficult when a few giant tech firms control the technology. One company that is trying to move in a d…
Published on 1 month ago
The Fictional Censorship Cinematic Universe
Last year, Renée DiResta joined us on an episode of the podcast to talk about her book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality, all about the people who have crafted a massive fictio…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The Many Problems With The FTC's Pornhub Settlement
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC's recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most famously, Pornhub. Those posts, writte…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Copyright And The First Amendment Collide At The Supreme Court
In what feels like something of a throwback to much earlier days of Techdirt, the Supreme Court is getting into the weeds of the DMCA. Cox v. Sony is a case centered around questions of repeat infrin…
Published on 2 months ago
The Eternal September
We've got a cross-post episode this week, with Mike's recent appearance on the Computer Says Maybe podcast hosted by Alix Dunn. The discussion starts out looking at decentralization and Bluesky, then…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago