Power Play

The struggle to write the rulebook for social media

07.25.2019 - By POLITICOPlay

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Social media firms say governments risk cleaving the global internet if they overdo rules for the platforms. And one member of Congress worries some of his colleagues are too technologically illiterate to even get the rules right. So how are governments and regulators responding to misinformation, disinformation and hateful content online? Interviews include: ·      Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ·      Věra Jourová, European commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality  ·      Paris Martineau, journalist ·      Heidi Tworek, University of British Columbia ·      Joshua Tucker, New York University ·      Nick Pickles, global senior strategist for public policy at Twitter   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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