This Week's Stories

• Facebook's Cryptocurrency Libra and Congress' response
• The appalling working conditions of Facebook's moderators exposed
• More conversation on the distinction between a "platform" and a "publisher"
• Ravelry, a site for knitting enthusiasts, has taken a stand against white supremacists
• Google was just caught red-handed
• Pandora is being sued for showing Tom Petty song lyrics
• Netflix is petitioned to cancel an Amazon show
• Apple is recalling selected MacBook Pro laptops because of a fire danger
• Apple is considering moving up to 30% of production out of China
• The system designed to verify age in the UK for porn has been delayed
• A horror story involving a phone hack, a SIM card and what Google isn't doing
• Apple has approved over 1,000 Best Buy locations as official repair centers
• Is Google Chrome spying on us?
• Facebook, Google, and The New Wilderness
• Philips Hue's new light Trulifi is announced
• GE's smart lightbulb update is maybe not so smart
• A city in Florida pays $600K to a hacker to get its data back

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Nate Lanxon, and Kate O'Neill

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