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
New episodes every Thursday.
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