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🗓️ 18 November 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg were in the hot seat again on Tuesday, answering questions from Senate Judiciary Committee members about the policing of misinformation and controversial speech on their platforms. The biggest takeaway from the hearing? Both political parties want to regulate Big Tech, but for very different reasons. As David argues, it’s not just that liberals want more censorship and conservatives want less of it. “It’s that liberals want Big Tech censorship in exactly the areas where conservatives want less censorship,” especially as it pertains to hate speech and disinformation. Is there any room for compromise in the war against big tech? Our podcast hosts break it down in layman’s terms. Also on today’s episode: an update on COVID-19’s third wave, Biden’s Cabinet picks, and Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the election. Show Notes: -Reuters poll on Republicans’ perception of election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to a very pre-thanksgiving episode of the Dispatch Podcast.
0:05.6	We will be off next week, so you better get your fill today.
0:09.3	Plenty to be thankful for, but also plenty to talk about.
0:12.8	I've got Steve Hayes, Jonah Goldberg and David French here, and we will be walking through
0:19.6	the tech hearings from yesterday with Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey.
0:24.3	COVID, it is coming back with a vengeance.
0:26.9	We're in the third wave right now, what that means for our politics, what it means for our
0:31.4	day-to-day lives.
0:33.4	What's going on with Biden's cabinet picks, what that means, and of course, the Trump election,
0:40.2	lawsuits, shenanigans, rhetoric, etc.
0:43.3	We'll end on that less fun topic.
0:46.8	Plus, a little national bird conversation at the end because you guys know I love my birds.
0:52.2	This podcast is brought to you by thedispatch.com.
1:04.2	Please come check out our newsletters and podcasts.
1:15.9	Let's dive right in.
1:16.9	First up, we had a big hearing on the hill yesterday.
1:20.4	Most folks, Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey were in the hot seat.
1:26.2	Perhaps the biggest takeaway was that we'll be doing this again shortly.
1:30.5	In fact, several of the senators mentioned that they would like to do this again in the
1:34.7	spring with Google and Amazon CEOs.
1:38.6	We shall see.
1:40.2	David, I want to start with you.
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