Alex and Evelyn talk about what has been happening on social media, and the discourse about what has been happening on social media, in the run up to the 2024 US Election, how it compares to past US elections, and what to watch in the aftermath.

Alex and Evelyn sit down with New York Times technology reporters Ryan Mac and Kate Conger to talk about their new book on Elon Musk's acquisition (and destruction) of Twitter, Character Limit, and where they think Musk goes from here.

Alex and Evelyn repeat the now-annual tradition of recording the podcast in front of probably their entire active listener base. They are joined by David Thiel, Brian Fishman, and Daphne Keller, to say goodbye to Theirry Breton and RT's accounts on Meta, talk about Zuckerberg's retreat from politics, and all the developments in the land of the First Amendment and platform regulation.

Alex and Evelyn are joined by Carlos Affonso Souza, a Professor of Law at Rio de Janeiro State University and the Director of the Institute for Technology & Society in Rio de Janeiro, to talk about Brazil's ban of X, the local legal and political context, and how this is similar or different to other show downs between regulators and American tech platforms.

Alex and Evelyn discuss the arrest and charges against Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, in France, what we do and don't know, and what it means for the future of platform regulation, with Frédérick Douzet, Professor at the French Institute of Politics and the director of GEODE, and Daphne Keller, director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center.

Alex and Evelyn talk about Trump's return to X and other platforms, Thierry Breton's attempt to make it all about him, the hack and leak of Trump's campaign, the FBI's new rules around communicating with platforms about foreign interference, Apple imposing its 30% commission on Patreon, and a small little sporting event that happened recently.

Evelyn sat down with Professor Genevieve Lakier, of the University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the Supreme Court's decision regarding the Texas and Florida social media laws. Not the worst opinion the Supreme Court issued on July 1, but predictably there's a lot to complain about anyway.

The Supreme Court's decision in Murthy v. Missouri is finally here! Evelyn sat down with Professor Genevieve Lakier, of the University of Chicago Law School, to discuss the good, bad and ugly of the opinions.

Alex and Evelyn discuss the Blue App's decline, YouTube's new experiment in content moderation, a US military-run information operation, the Surgeon-General's call for a warning on social media, and NY's law restricting algorithmic feeds for minors.

Alex and Evelyn sit down with the authors of two recently released books about our online information ecosystem and what to do about it: Annalee Newitz, author of Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, and Renee DiResta, author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies into Reality.

Alex and Evelyn talk about OpenAI's first threat intel report, California's flurry of AI regulations, the latest on the TikTok ban bill, and a Downunder Special Segment.

Alex and Evelyn discuss the TikTok ban bill, the EU's investigation into Meta for violations of the DSA, the passage of the REPORT Act, and the Supreme Court's denial of a stay of Texas' age verification law.

Alex and Evelyn are joined by Shelby Grossman of the Stanford Internet Observatory to discuss their just released study on the online child safety ecosystem, what's working and what's not, and why fixing it is urgent.

Alex and Evelyn continued their unparalleled coverage of content moderation and college sports by talking to Professor Kate Starbird about her research on the online information ecosystem and how it has changed in the lead up to the 2024 election, and her thoughts as a former pro basketball player on the exciting year in women's basketball.

Alex and Evelyn talk about X's lawsuit against CCDH for writing about hate speech on X being thrown out this week, and online rumors about Kate Middelton and the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, and what they say about the health of our online information ecosystem. Then Brandon Silverman, cofounder and former CEO of CrowdTangle, joins to talk about the state of platform transparency tools in the wake of Meta's announcement that it is going to be shutting the tool down.

Evelyn is joined by Genevieve Lakier to break down the Supreme Court oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, the case alleging members of the Biden administration unconstitutionally jawboned the social media companies into taking down content.

Alex and Evelyn discuss the latest bill to ban TikTok and its many flaws; the Gemini image-generation public relations crisis; Apple's fight-picking in Europe; and Texas and Florida's latest great attempts to regulate online speech.

Alex and Evelyn are joined by Moderated Content's Supreme Court correspondent Daphne Keller to talk about the oral argument in the NetChoice cases this week and what the Supreme Court justices seem to be thinking about whether and how states can regulate internet platforms.

Alex and Evelyn talk about the latest news cycle—is the long-anticipated Deepfakeapocalypse finally here? They look at what else will be different this election year, including changes in platform coordination and transparency. And an update from the legal corner.

Alex and Evelyn sit down with Riana Pfefferkorn and David Thiel of the Stanford Internet Observatory to talk about the legal and technical issues coming to a head with the explosion of computer-generated child sexual abuse material.