Aug 22nd 2019
Tech News Weekly 96
It's Inside the Network
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Social Media Metrics, Zeel, Section 230
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
- (01:43) Darren Loucaides from OneZero discusses the impact of the "like" button. Increasingly, social networks seem to be pondering the idea of hiding or removing metrics but engagement and profit may suffer.
- (17:23) Brian Merchant, author and writer for Gizmodo, reveals the troubling nature of Zeel, a service that primarily connects massage therapists with those seeking their services. Despite promising a no-tolerance policy for inappropriate behavior, contractors who have worked for Zeel say that's simply not the case.
- (36:22) Matt Laslo, a freelance correspondent for WIRED, provides a closer look at Section 230 — legislation that's been in place since the 1996 Communications Decency Act — and how changes to it could affect the internet.
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Links
- Could Removing Social Media Metrics Reduce Polarization?
- ‘They're Putting People at Risk’: Sexual Misconduct, Harassment, and Inaction at Zeel, the Top Massage App
- The Fight Over Section 230—and the Internet as We Know It
- Phone companies, state attorneys general announce broad campaign to fight robocalls
- Google deserts desserts: Android 10 is the official name for Android Q