Breaking Up Big Tech & Breaking Down the Final Debate

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Pollster and political strategist Frank Luntz breaks down the last Presidential debate before Election Day. Luntz emphasizes the volume of mail in ballots expected this cycle, and projects that we won’t have a final vote count for days after November 3rd. Plus, Facebook’s former Chief Privacy Officer and General Counsel Chris Kelly discusses the challenges ahead for big tech players and the regulators who want to rein them in. Kelly considers the implications of replacing Section 230 and the role these platforms play in the media landscape.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on our podcast,
0:07.0	The Last Debate of 2020, Polster Frank Luns.
0:11.0	I believe that Donald Trump's first opponent was not Joe Biden.
0:14.0	His worst, his biggest opponent was really Donald Trump.
0:17.0	40 million votes have already been cast and Luntz warns counting them all will take some time.
0:22.0	As the polls votes are counted. once warns counting them all will take some time.
0:22.6	As the polls are counted, Donald Trump is going to have a league.
0:27.4	They may even have a significantly.
0:29.3	As they count that postal vote, as we go into Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
0:33.5	Biden is going to close that gap and I think it's going to move ahead.
0:37.4	And the campaign to stop disinformation online.
0:41.0	Consumers and Congress are looking closely at social media, former Facebook exec Chris
0:45.4	Kelly.
0:46.4	I think that what you're seeing is an evolution and an understanding that there's a responsibility
0:51.7	in a democracy to make sure that factual information flows more easily
0:55.9	than questionable information.
0:58.4	It's Friday, finally, October 23rd, 2020, Squack Pod begins right now.
1:05.2	Good morning everybody.
1:06.7	Welcome to Squack Box here on C NBC.
1:09.0	More importantly, welcome to Friday.
1:11.1	I'm Becky Quick, along with Joe Hermann and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
1:14.0	I want to get straight to, of course, the big story.
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