Um, all right. Let's let's just do the intro, get it out of the way. Do it. I'm Kevin

Rousse. I'm a tech columnist at the New York Times. I'm Casey Newton from platformer and

you're listening to Hard Fork. Oh, no. Where did you get that? I finally got around to

programming our soundboard here with the series of sound effects. So for example, if you

tell one of your patented Casey jokes, I can just go. That is so patronizing. Or if we're

talking about something sad, I can go. Oh my god. How ever showed it like becoming a

1920s Vodville act? Well, you get the fun thing about this one is you can make it any

sound you want. Okay. So, um, you know, when we're talking about some VR thing, I can just

go the metaverse. Or, uh, I mean, well, I've had a bad mouth. And I con it. Yes, BF quote.

Oh, Casey, I'm so glad you're here. I just feel like giving you a little round of applause.

That the power imbalance of you being able to press the buttons and me not being able

to press the buttons is really starting to really love it. I'm really having a great

day. I'm the opposite of I mean, I've had a bad mouth. I'm having a great day. This

is like we come up to it stream from hell. Okay, Casey, tell the people what's on the

show today. This week on the show, what does Donald Trump being allowed back onto Facebook

and Instagram mean for the platforms and for our politics regime change at Netflix and

the video game from the board eight yacht club.

All right, Casey, we have got big news this week. After two years, meta has decided to

reverse its bands on Donald Trump. He will be allowed back on Facebook and Instagram

where he's been banned since the January 6th riots. It's crazy. They would do that without

even asking us what we thought they should do. You didn't get the call. No, I've been waiting.

Well, you know, next time maybe we'll get him. So meta has faced a lot of pressure from

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