Fact checking Trump on Twitter, SpaceX privatizes space, and a Listener Mail question on mental health apps and big tech

Pivot

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News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Kara and Scott talk about Twitter's responsibility in fact-checking and regulating Trump tweets as they slap their first misinformation label on one of the president's tweets. They also discuss the future of a "private" space as Elon Musk prepares to launch his SpaceX rocket. Meanwhile, Amazon is having its annual shareholder meeting and some people are hoping they can push the company to be transparent about data around covid-19 deaths of warehouse workers. Plus we hear a listener mail question about whether big tech and mental health apps. This episode contains an audio clip from former Friend of Pivot Andrew Ross-Sorkin and his CNBC show "Squawkbox". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.1	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Box Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.
1:24.2	And I'm Scott Galloway. Better known is the dog max, the dog go, the dog now, the dog with HPL
1:31.2	max, HPL go, HPL live. Hold on. Hold on. I mean, let's just start off with the brand. I know we
1:38.4	have more serious issues to talk about and that Kara Swisher is at the center of all of it,
1:41.9	which I'm sure you hate. But anyway, you know what? You're just jealous that I can make things happen.
1:46.8	Go ahead. Go for it. But you are Anderson Cooper's boyfriend. That is that. Hi, and I'm going on
1:52.1	tonight. You know, his boyfriend. You're like his mentor. He's like his professor. You're his
1:56.0	professor. Let me just correct that. You're not as boyfriend. You're his professor that he's
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