Is Big Tech getting better about misinformation?

Channels with Peter Kafka

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Lots of people will tell you that misinformation is a big problem online. But exactly what the problem is, and what tech companies can and should do about it, is up for debate. It’s also what Bloomberg reporter Davey Alba covers every day. In this conversation, she talks to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the recent massacre in Buffalo, which the shooter promoted on Discord and live-streamed on Twitch; copies of his manifesto and clips of the killing then migrated around the internet. All of which echoes a previous mass shooting in 2019. What, if anything, have the big tech companies learned about these kinds of attacks and how to respond to them? Then Alba talks about one of the latest problems platforms like YouTube and Facebook are grappling with: Potentially dangerous instructions about how to make your own infant formula, and whether those should stay online. Featuring: Davey Alba (@daveyalba), reporter for Bloomberg Technology Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.2	This is Rick Hode Media with Peter Kafka, and that is me, and today I've got an interview
1:09.3	with Bloomberg reporter Davy Alba, who covers online misinformation.
1:14.2	Unfortunately, there's an element to this conversation that's sadly relevant to the news
1:18.0	we're all grappling with right now.
1:20.4	While we were recording this interview, which includes a discussion of the mass shooting in Buffalo
1:24.4	earlier this month, there was another mass shooting underway in
1:27.8	Avalde, Texas.
1:29.3	And as I'm recording this note, there's currently a back and forth between the governor
1:33.0	of Texas and Facebook about messages the shooter left in advance of his attack and whether
1:38.1	those were public or private notes.
1:40.0	So this may be something we pick up again in the future.
1:43.4	For now, let's listen to my chat with Davy Alba, which is wide-ranging and useful. Today I'm talking to Davy Alba. She's an excellent tech reporter who spends a lot of time covering online misinformation. That is a never-ending beat. She spent the last few years of the New York Times, and she recently moved over to Bloomberg. Welcome, Davy. Thanks for having me. I wanted to have you on, I wanted to talk about your beat.
2:04.5	We spend a lot of time on this podcast, talk about misinformation and the way the tech platforms
2:09.1	are trying to handle it and whether they should be handling it. I want to talk about how you do
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