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The Glenn Show

Nikita Petrov – How Substack Can Solve Online Censorship (Bonus Episode)

The Glenn Show

Glenn Loury

Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

0:00 Why YouTube censored a TGS episode

6:25 How can YouTube justify censoring matters of opinion?

15:15 Why there’s no such thing as free speech

26:00 Nikita’s notes on Substack Notes

39:53 Democratizing content moderation

46:11 Creating better, community-centered comments sections

Recorded May 4, 2023

Links and Readings

Nikita’s Substack, Psychopolitica

The censored TGS episode, “I Feel, Therefore I Am”

Glenn’s paper, “Self-Censorship in Public Discourse: A Theory of ‘Political Correctness’ and Related Phenomena”

Matt Taibbi’s Substack, Racket News

Substack Notes

Glenn’s most recent conversation with Amy Wax



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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:42.4

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0:46.3

Is this the Glend Show or is this psychopolitical?

0:49.4

I think this is a glend show.

0:50.4

I think this might be a bonus episode of the Glend Show.

0:54.9

Okay, then I should tell people who we are, I'm Glendlaury.

0:59.8

I'm at Brown University in the Manhattan Institute.

1:02.6

This is the Glend Show.

1:03.6

I'm with Nikita Petrov, who's creative director for the Glend Show.

1:07.6

With whom I've enjoyed a wonderful collegial relationship and he's also the author of the

1:13.7

newsletter, Psychopolitica, at Substac and an interesting fellow.

1:20.0

It is all right.

1:21.0

So we're talking, Nikita's going to be in the chair because he's the expert on the subject

1:28.4

at hand.

1:29.4

Well, I'll argue, I'll argue you are, but yeah, let's get into it.

1:35.0

So we want to talk about censorship and moderation and self-regulation, online, regulation

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