Why everyone hates Big Tech, with The Verge's Nilay Patel
Jul 19, 2019•59 min•Ep. 331
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Episode description
Verge editor-in-chief and Vergecast host Nilay Patel joins Matt in this special crossover episode to explain what Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which allows platforms to circumnavigate liability for user content, really means. They also discuss Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to break up big tech platforms, and how it may or may not fix anything.
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