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Censorship And Bathtub Gin—The Weekly

Aug 02, 20251 hr 3 minSeason 2Ep. 500
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Episode description

This week, Ron Steslow and Katherine Mangu-Ward (Editor in Chief of Reason) examine some major current developments through a libertarian lens, focusing on negative liberties, free expression, and privacy.

They discuss the threats to privacy and free expression from age-verification laws to "misinformation" regulation to the battle over values on the Internet.

Then, in Politicology+ they discuss “surveillance pricing,” the role of government in data collection, the third-party doctrine that allows the government to buy personal data, and the marriage of corporate and state centralized power.

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Related Reading: 

Reason - The end of online anonymity? Age checks spread worldwide.

Wired -The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived | WIRED

Reason - Canada seeks to jail Freedom Convoy organizers for 8 years

FOX Business - CBS insiders warn that Skydance merger brings 'hall monitor' to news division


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