Ep 45 | Roe v. Wade Updates, FDA Bans Menthols, Section 230, Wearable Healthtech
Lost Debate
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4.6 • 607 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The internet would not exist in its current form if we didn't have Section 230. |
| 0:05.4 | You've got members of both political parties who want to make pretty sweeping changes to that. |
| 0:10.4 | What makes me nervous is that they have a totally different world in mind, which makes me think, |
| 0:14.3 | all right, let's just leave this thing alone. |
| 0:16.3 | The floodgates would open to lawsuits and to, I mean, imagine if Twitter was responsible |
| 0:20.6 | for every single tweet |
| 0:21.6 | that all of us sent out in real time. That just isn't sustainable. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for Politically Ecclectics. I'm Robbie Gupta. I'm Corey Bredford. |
| 0:37.0 | And I'm Rakey Schlott. And a reminder, we have this new podcast as a part of our network, the Dacey Crime Podcast, which is the number one true crime podcast in all of India. And this is such an amazing group of people. They're highlighting some frightening stories from around India. And it's riveting stuff. And I think if you're one of those people who just |
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| 1:15.8 | newsletter content that enhances your experience on the show so check that out and with that |
| 1:21.0 | kori what are we going to do today well we got a pretty big show if you can wear it they can share |
| 1:25.3 | it we'll talk about the intersection of innovation and privacy when it comes to wearable health tech. |
| 1:30.2 | The FDA is moving to ban menthol cigarettes, preventing a new generation from experiencing the refreshing bold taste of emphysema. |
| 1:37.1 | We'll discuss the law everybody blames when they're mad at the internet, Section 230. |
| 1:41.3 | And we'll close with a couple of updates, one on Amazon's union efforts, |
| 1:45.5 | and Principal Ravi will give us an update on the continued attacks against standardized testing |
| 1:50.2 | in this country. But first things first, we want to start with the news that remains the biggest |
| 1:55.3 | story in America right now, the potential downfall of Roe v. Wade. We've seen immense public |
| 2:00.5 | reaction in the week since that |
| 2:01.8 | story broke. So let's start with these protests. Ricky, I know there's been a lot of protests going |
| 2:06.3 | on in response to this decision. What is going on exactly? Well, so it's hard to get exact numbers, |
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