“You Have to Be Heard”

“You Have to Be Heard”

On this week’s If Then, Slate’s April Glaser and Will Oremus take a look at Vero, the new social network that has people fleeing Instagram and Facebook, how conspiracy theories after the Parkland massacre have bubbled to the top of YouTube’s search results, and the controversy over how Facebook charges for campaign ads, after a Wired report showed that Trump faced much lower rates than Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn joins the show to talk about net neutrality, the upcoming Sinclair merger, sky-high prison phone rates and what the FCC is doing to help restore communications post Hurricane Maria.

Don’t Close My Tabs:

Wired: How Trump Conquered Facebook - Without Russian Ads

Uber Driver’s Playlists: @TEEJUS

Podcast production by Max Jacobs.

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