How To Stop Good Companies From Going Bad
The concept of "enshittification" has helped illuminate why companies and their products so often get worse over time, but the causes of thi...
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20 of 459 episodesPreserving The Web In The Age Of AI
Recently, Mike joined Dave Hansen, Mark Graham and Kendra Albert on a panel for the Future Knowledge podcast, a joint production of the Inte...
Infrastructure For The New Private Internet
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...
The Dangers Of Product Design Liability For Social Media
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...
Transaction Denied
In the conversation about online speech, most of the attention tends to fall on the big social media platforms, while other intermediaries g...
The Future Of Section 230
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...
Mike And Karl Talk AI
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
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Answering Your Questions
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...
The Supreme Court's Internet Cases
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...
Does AI Remove Or Provide User Agency?
On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion...
A Manifesto To Build A Better Internet
Last month, we dedicated an episode of the podcast to discussing our recently announced project to push for a better internet, The Resonant...
Could News Publishers Embrace AI Via An API
The relationship between journalism and AI has been off to an antagonistic start, with multiple court cases underway and plenty of discourse...
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Earlier today, we joined in announcing the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call for restoring a culture of technology that empowers users an...
Saving Democracy From Fascism
Three years ago, Mike Brock joined us on the podcast to discuss a decentralized web project, and more recently we've published several cross...
Social Media Is Always Changing
For two decades, the landscape of social media has been constantly changing, and the discourse about "free speech" has been changing alongsi...
Venture Capital Is Eating The World
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...
An Insider's View Of Decentralized Social Media
As you know, we talk a lot about decentralization and protocols over platforms. When it comes to decentralized social media in particular, o...
The New Generation Of Independent Journalists
Techdirt recently passed its 28th anniversary as an independent online media outlet. Once, it looked like such outlets might take over, but...
DuckDuckGo Wants You To Have More Control Over AI
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...