Section 230 Protects Free Expression Online w/ Evan Greer
Paris Marx is joined by Evan Greer to discuss Republican and Democratic desires to amend or revoke Section 230, why the proposals won’t solve problems with Big Tech, and the international implications...
29 Loka 202046min
What Rural China Teaches Us About the Future of Tech w/ Xiaowei Wang
Paris Marx is joined by Xiaowei Wang to discuss how technology is being used to connect rural China to global supply chains, what that means for life and work in those communities, and how China also ...
22 Loka 202043min
Why Google’s Ad Business Could Implode w/ Tim Hwang
Paris Marx is joined by Tim Hwang to discuss how digital ad markets became financialized, why Google and Facebook have an incentive to hide how poorly digital ads actually work, and how a financial bu...
15 Loka 202041min
Silicon Valley is Embracing Anti-China Nationalism w/ JS Tan
Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss the internet’s connection with neoliberalism, China’s protectionist measures to develop its own tech industry, and how the new tensions between the United Sta...
8 Loka 202034min
Major Publishers Want to Shut Down Digital Lending w/ Maria Bustillos
Paris Marx is joined by Maria Bustillos to discuss the important work of the Internet Archive, why it opened a digital National Emergency Library during the pandemic, how access to culture is essentia...
1 Loka 202045min
How Google & Facebook Dominate Digital Ads w/ Shoshana Wodinsky
Paris Marx is joined by Shoshana Wodinsky to discuss how digital ad markets work, how Google and Facebook maintain their dominance, and why the TikTok saga wasn’t really about China getting people’s d...
24 Syys 202038min
How Foxconn Treats the Workers Who Built Your iPhone w/ Jenny Chan
Paris Marx is joined by Jenny Chan to discuss the difficult lives of Foxconn factory workers, the company’s relationship with Apple, the structural roadblocks to better working conditions, and how Chi...
17 Syys 202050min
A Better Internet Requires Ending the Monopolies w/ Cory Doctorow
Paris Marx is joined by Cory Doctorow to discuss how the problems we associate with Big Tech aren’t the result of mind-control systems, but corporation consolidation. Cory argues we need to stop buyin...
10 Syys 202050min
