Tech Refactored

Eric Goldman, Law Professor at Santa Clara University, joins the show to discuss Section 230 as he and Gus examine its origins, and also four current SCOTUS cases that could potentially impact the future of the internet. Together they also touch on Emoji Law and how Internet Law is changing over time.

Goldman runs the award-winning Technology & Marketing Law Blog, and has long been a go-to source on Internet Law. Goldman is also the Associate Dean for Research, Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, and Supervisor of the Privacy Law Certificate.

Open source is everywhere – over 97% of software uses it in some capacity. It's free to use, but who creates it and why? Who maintains it? What are the security concerns? Kyle Langvardt fills in as host to discuss open source software with Chinmayi Sharma, Scholar in Residence at the Strauss Center, and Lecturer at the University of Texas. Together they examine many of the topics addressed in Sharma's paper, "Tragedy of the Digital Commons".

On this episode of Tech Refactored, Gus is joined by Nebraska College of Law Professors Kyle Langvardt and James Tierney. Together they discuss the latest confusing and controversial happenings with Twitter – the blue check mark, content moderation, and Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform from a corporate governance perspective. Later in the episode, they shift the conversation to the FTX debacle and cryptocurrency, and discuss what parallels may exist between Twitter and FTX.

On this episode, Gus talks with Jeff Prince, Professor of Business Economics at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. Together they examine topics from multiple papers written by Jeff including his most recent work, "Do People Around the World Care Whether Their Data Are Stored Locally". Later in the episode, they discuss Jeff's time at the FCC, where he previously served as the Chief Economist.

This episode is a rerun that initially aired on September 22, 2021. This rerun comes on the heels of Google's recent developments in its AlphaFold AI program, as it has predicted the 3D structure of every known protein.

Gus is joined by Nicole Buan and Juan Chi, both researchers at the University of Nebraska, who help us understand what this means for their field.