Government Mostly Can't Talk To Social Giants — That's A Problem
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
A ruling by a federal district judge in Louisiana could have far-reaching consequences for the government's ability to work with Facebook and other social media giants to address false and misleading claims about COVID, vaccines, voting, and other issues that could undermine public health and erode confidence in election results.
This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and disinformation correspondent Shannon Bond.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Elina from Ukraine and... |
| 0:03.6 | Pavel from Touring Poland. |
| 0:05.6 | In the English language camp in Poland, with our American teachers. |
| 0:09.4 | That's awesome. |
| 0:10.7 | This podcast was recorded at... |
| 0:12.8 | 12.32 pm, Eastern time, on July 7th, 2023. |
| 0:16.8 | Things might have changed by the time you hear it. |
| 0:19.6 | But we will still be speaking English and playing games. |
| 0:22.5 | That's great. |
| 0:23.2 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:24.8 | Oh, it's so wonderful to hear from you guys. |
| 0:30.4 | I hope you're doing okay. |
| 0:31.8 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Sarah McCaman. |
| 0:35.2 | I cover politics. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Mara Lies and National Political Correspondent. |
| 0:39.4 | And NPR Shannon Bond is here. |
| 0:41.1 | Hey there, Shannon. |
| 0:42.0 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
| 0:43.0 | The government's ability to fight disinformation online |
| 0:46.2 | has suffered a legal setback. |
| 0:48.3 | Experts say it will have a chilling effect on communications |
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