409: The FTC’s Quixotic Social Media Inquiry
Jun 02, 2025•58 min•Ep. 409
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Episode description
Mike Masnick (Techdirt) and Santana Boulton (TechFreedom) discuss the FTC’s “Inquiry on Tech Censorship.”
Topics include:
- What are we doing here?
- The myth surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop
- Does the FTC know how terms of service work?
- Does the FTC know how cartels work?
- Content moderation is pro-free speech
- Jawboning on steroids
Links:
Copia Institute FTC comments (https://tinyurl.com/y6r2b82f)
TechFreedom FTC comments (https://tinyurl.com/mccbwa2h)
Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden’s Laptop (https://tinyurl.com/685fjmk8)
Moderating Eating Disorder Content Is Harder Than You Think (https://tinyurl.com/r37nvnjb)
Why Is The Republican Party Obsessed With Social Media? (https://tinyurl.com/bdec2u9w)
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