When Pokémon Go launched last summer, 40 million people were playing the game within weeks. The game provided entertainment, an excuse for kids to get off their asses, and a slew of funny — and not-so-funny — accidents involving pedestrians and drivers playing the game in the wrong place and time. This phenomenon was also the first time many Americans had ever heard of or experienced “augmented reality,” where artificial elements (like Pokémon) are superimposed onto our physical surroundings.
The game’s rapid rise caused the predictable backlash over health and public safety and kneejerk calls for regulation. But getting beyond traffic safety, what are the short- and long-term policy implications of augmented reality? What does it mean for privacy, data security, surveillance, and intellectual property? Anne Hobson, Tech Policy Fellow at R Street joins the show. For more, see her report.
#344: TikTok and the First Amendment
#343: China and National Security
#342: Save the Children (From State Social Media Laws)
#341: The FTC Tries to Shape the Market
#340: Making Sense of the SCOTUS Internet Speech Cases
#339: Will Tech Swallow the Fourth Amendment?
#338: Gonzalez v. Google
#337: China and Domestic Surveillance
#336: Tech Illiteracy on the Right
#335: Is Screen Time Bad for Kids?
#334: Snake Oil Salvation: Malcom Kyeyune on the New Internet Counterculture
#333: The FCC in Space
#332: Facial Recognition Technology
#331: Section 230’s Long Path to SCOTUS
#330: The FTC & FCC in Court
#329: Will Rinehart’s Wild Weird Brain
#328: What’s the Deal with European Antitrust?
#327: The Collapse of Complex Societies
#326: Content Moderation Potpourri
#325: Live: Quinta Jurecic on Jan. 6, Social Media, and the Great Rage
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
A Prairie Home Companion: News from Lake Wobegon