State governments are passing laws that seek to protect kids from social media. But maybe what we really need is to protect kids—and the Internet—from the government. Mike Masnick, founder and editor of Techdirt, joins the show to discuss California’s AB 2273, Utah’s SB 152 and HB 311, and the wider hysteria over minors and social media use. For more, see Mike’s recent article, “As The Social Media Moral Panic Continues, People Keep Highlighting How Much Value It Actually Provides.”
#144: 5G and the Internet of Everything
#143: Trump's FCC
#142: Fake News and the Fairness Doctrine
#141: Trump's Tech Policy
#140: Comparing EU and US Tech Policy
#139: Make America Boom Again
#138: New York's Crackdown on Airbnb
#137: Cuba's Digital Future
#136: The Age of Emulation
#135: Bug Bounties
#134: California Regs on Self-Driving Cars
#133: Russian Hacking and Surveillance
#132: Indiana E-Cig Law Struck Down
#131: Uber Battles in Montreal, London
#130: The Future of Internet Governance
#129: Surveillance on Arab-Americans
#128: Mobile Money in Africa
#127: Rules of the Driverless Road
#126: Who Watches the Watchmen?
#125: An Economics-Free Zone
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