Fri. 05/29 – The Best Summary of the Executive Order I Can Muster (Replacement)

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🗓️ 29 May 2020

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I do my best to breakdown the who Twitter/executive order situation, at least at the time of this recording. Hall of Fame fundraiser drops mic and rides off into the sunset. TikTok has an interesting new rival. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Tovala.com/ride Links: Trump signs executive order targeting protections for social media platforms (Axios) ‘Rammed it through’: Trump's Twitter order riles staffers and tech reformers (Protocol) Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Donald Trump (NYTimes) The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless (TechDirt) Trump Executive Order Misreads Key Law Promoting Free Expression Online and Violates the First Amendment (The EFF) Scheduled tweets and tweet drafts are now available on Twitter's website (Neowin) Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down (VentureBeat) The Rise of New Short-Form Video App Zynn Could Spell Trouble for TikTok (Social Media Today) Weekend Longreads Suggestions Amazon’s Big Breakdown (NYTimes) Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming (NYTimes) Who Will Own the Cars That Drive Themselves? (NYTimes) The rise of React (Increment) 'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth (Business Insider) Poolside.fm is the chillest place you should be hanging out right now (The Verge) Podcast Survey: https://www.ridehome.info/survey/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam ride home for Friday, May 29th, 2020.
0:07.0	I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.0	Today, I do my very best to break down the whole Twitter slash executive order situation at least at the time of
0:15.2	this recording Hall of Fame fundraiser drops Mike and rides off into the sunset
0:20.1	Tik-Toc has an interesting new rival and of course the weekend long-rate suggestions.
0:24.0	Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:30.0	So here's the latest on what I guess we can call a whole different sort of
0:36.1	Twitter storm at this point. Yes President Trump yesterday signed an executive
0:40.4	order designed to limit section 230 protections currently
0:43.8	afforded to social media platforms and directing the Commerce Department to
0:47.6	pressure the FCC to roll back portions of said section 230.
0:53.0	So what does this all mean?
0:55.0	Kind of nothing at the moment, but I don't know.
0:59.0	I'll explain.
1:00.0	Quoting Axios.
1:01.0	Despite this executive order, the president does not have unilateral power to regulate
1:05.8	tech companies and social media platforms.
1:08.2	This week, a federal appeals court ruling in a case brought by conservative activists against social media companies
1:13.8	affirmed that private websites are not public spaces and social media companies don't have
1:18.8	First Amendment obligations.
1:21.6	Any truly strong limits to Section 230 would almost certainly require action by Congress.
1:26.0	Senator Josh Howley, Republican of Missouri, said in a series of tweets Wednesday,
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