About this podcast
Moderated Content from Stanford Law School is podcast content about content moderation, moderated by assistant professor Evelyn Douek. The community standards of this podcast prohibit anything except the wonkiest conversations about the regulation—both public and private—of what you see, hear and do online.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 86 episodes
- The Election on Earth 3817 · 37 min · Episode 87Alex 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…
- Elon Musk's Six Wolves (And Character Limits) · 48 min · Episode 86Alex 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…
- MC LIVE 9/27 · 1 h 7 min · Episode 85Alex 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…
- Brazil Bans Elon Musk's X · 47 min · Episode 84Alex 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…
- The Arrest of Telegram's CEO · 56 min · Episode 83Alex 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…
- News Update 8/13: DDoS Attacks Everywhere · 58 min · Episode 82Alex 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…
- The Supreme Court's Netchoice Ruling · 53 min · Episode 81Evelyn 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…
- The Supreme Court's Jawboning Decision · 40 min · Episode 80The 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…
- News Update 6/25: We're Supposed to be the Good Guys · 42 min · Episode 79Alex 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…
- Moderated Content Book Club · 46 min · Episode 78Alex 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…
- News Update 5/31: Hot Pod Summer · 48 min · Episode 77Alex 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.
- News Update 5/3: An Entirely Substanceless Episode · 44 min · Episode 76Alex 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…
- Stanford Internet Observatory's CyberTipline Report · 37 min · Episode 75Alex 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…
- Kate Starbird on the Changing Online Landscape and... Basketball · 52 min · Episode 74Alex 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…
- MC 3/29: It's the Best of Times, It's the Worst of Times, in Platform Transparency · 1 h 10 min · Episode 73Alex 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…
- The Supreme Court Hearing on Jawboning · 58 min · Episode 72Evelyn 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…
- News Update 3/11: Congress Agrees More than We Do on TikTok · 57 min · Episode 71Alex 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…
- The NetChoice cases reach the Supreme Court · 53 min · Episode 70Alex 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…
- News Update 2/16: The Boy Who Cried Deepfake? · 52 min · Episode 69Alex 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…
- The Legal & Technical Challenges of Computer-Generated CSAM · 47 min · Episode 68Alex 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…
