May 19th 2022
Tech News Weekly 235
Content Moderation in the Crosshairs
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Black Tech's "Pipeline Problem", GrubHub Promo, Fentanyl Online
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mukund Rathi,
Amber Burton
- Mukund Rathi from the Electronic Frontier Foundation walks through the history of the Texas HB 20 law that prohibits content moderation on social media platforms.
- Amber Burton from Protocol talks about black representation in tech and the deep work required to counter the "talent pipeline problem".
- GrubHub's free lunch promotion in New York City fell off the rails and it could be the restaurants that feel the lasting effects more than anyone else.
- Fentanyl and other dangerous drugs are found easily on social media networks and it's causing an uptick in related deaths.
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Links
- EFF to Federal Court: Block Unconstitutional Texas Social Media Law
- EFF to Supreme Court: Put Texas Social Media Law Back on Hold
- Black Colleges Are Still an Underutilized Market for Recruiting Tech Talent
- ‘This Can’t Be Real’: GrubHub Promotion Turns New York City Restaurants Into a ‘War Zone’
- "What Grubhub’s free lunch campaign actually looks like"
- Fentanyl Tainted Pills Bought on Social Media Cause Youth Drug Deaths to Soar