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The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.
As we work our way towards a better future for the internet, the most encouraging and exciting part is the people out there building towards...
We've written at length about the dangers of the recent court rulings in California and New Mexico that say social media companies can be he...
In the conversation about online speech, most of the attention tends to fall on the big social media platforms, while other intermediaries g...
Last month, Mike participated in the Cato Institute's Section 230 at 30 event to mark the 30th anniversary of the passage of Section 230. Th...
There's a notion that pops up in the comments here on Techdirt that Mike and our writer Karl Bode are deeply opposed in their opinions on AI...
The Vision For The Decentralized Internet by Techdirt
Two weeks ago, we ran a bit of an AMA experiment, with a call on Bluesky for fans of Techdirt to ask Mike any questions they might have. We...
In the last few years, the Supreme Court has been paying a lot more attention to the internet than it ever has before, and the cases keep on...
On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion...
Last month, we dedicated an episode of the podcast to discussing our recently announced project to push for a better internet, The Resonant...
The relationship between journalism and AI has been off to an antagonistic start, with multiple court cases underway and plenty of discourse...
Earlier today, we joined in announcing the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call for restoring a culture of technology that empowers users an...
Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we've published several cross...
For two decades, the landscape of social media has been constantly changing, and the discourse about "free speech" has been changing alongsi...
It was nearly 400 episodes ago when Catherine Bracy joined the podcast for a two part discussion to talk about Silicon Valley culture and wh...
As you know, we talk a lot about decentralization and protocols over platforms. When it comes to decentralized social media in particular, o...
Techdirt recently passed its 28th anniversary as an independent online media outlet. Once, it looked like such outlets might take over, but...
We've written a lot about how AI can empower users when employed the right way, but how this is difficult when a few giant tech firms contro...
Last year, Renée DiResta joined us on an episode of the podcast to talk about her book, Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Real...
Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC's recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult webs...
In what feels like something of a throwback to much earlier days of Techdirt, the Supreme Court is getting into the weeds of the DMCA. Cox v...
We've got a cross-post episode this week, with Mike's recent appearance on the Computer Says Maybe podcast hosted by Alix Dunn. The discussi...
The goal of Bluesky and the ATProtocol, and of the push for protocols over platforms in general, has always been to see more people building...
As we've been thinking and writing about the intersection of democracy and technology, especially burgeoning AI technology, we always come b...
One of the most troubling things about this era in American history is the number of institutions that have caved to Trump's bullying and gi...
We've got a bunch of brand new episodes of the Techdirt podcast coming over the next few weeks, but first we've got one special cross-post f...
We've got one more cross-post episode for you this week! A few weeks ago, Mike joined host Aaron Ross Powell on the ReImagining Liberty podc...
This week, we've got a cross-post episode of Mike's appearance on Kevin Williamson's How The World Works podcast. Kevin conducted a wide-ran...
In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, those who spread and benefit from the chaos have worked hard to brand fact-checking...
Way, way back during the SOPA/PIPA fight, a very important part of the resistance against the bills was coming from infrastructure operators...
We've got a cross-post episode for you this week, courtesy of the Tech Policy Podcast by TechFreedom, hosted by Corbin Barthold. Both TechFr...
In something of a followup to our last episode about Elon Musk's playbook, today we're digging deeper into the comparison between Washington...
We've written a lot about how understanding the playbook Elon Musk used at Twitter is key to understanding his current playbook with DOGE. T...
Though the original promise of the internet has been twisted and distorted, today we're seeing more and more people working to restore decen...
We probably don't need to tell you that the current tariff situation is causing complete chaos in global supply chains, in large part due to...
It's hard to create a law about children online without first identifying who the children are. We've written a lot about the problems that...
Many people don't think of reproductive health and reproductive rights as tech issues, but they very much are — moreso than ever in a post-D...
If you're a Techdirt reader, you're probably familiar with Senator Ron Wyden. In January, he released his new book It Takes Chutzpah, offeri...
In the digital age, attention is a resource — but if we can have a little slice of yours, we've got a great conversation about that very sub...
We recently announced the launch of Otherwise Objectionable, a brand new documentary podcast hosted by Mike in partnership with the Competit...
At long last, we've got a fresh new original episode for you! This week, Mike is joined by David Enrich, business investigations editor for...
We're finally getting back into the rhythm of things, and in fact right at this very moment Mike is recording a brand new original episode f...
We've got another cross-post episode this week! Recently, Mike appeared on The Dynamist podcast from the Foundation for American Innovation...
We've written about the many signs that Trump FCC pick Brendan Carr is eager to be America's top censor. Recently, Mike once again joined An...
Last week, we launched the crowdfunding campaign for One Billion Users, our new card game where players compete to build the biggest and bes...
We've got another cross-post for you this week, and this time it's also a live panel recording. Recently, Mike joined a panel at Boston Univ...
It's been a few weeks, but we're back! Although the podcast schedule is still going to be sporadic for a little while longer (Mike explains...
Though the current popular narrative about social media seems to be that it is harmful and has little or no redeeming value, the truth (whic...
If you're a Techdirt reader (or any tech news reader) you've already heard a lot of stories about the chaos of Elon Musk's takeover of Twitt...
There's been plenty of conversation over the past decade about how unprepared the mainstream media was for the shifts that have happened in...