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🗓️ 3 March 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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1:14.0 | Hey everybody, it's me, I'm from the Vergecast. On this week's interview episode, Verge Policy Reporter, mechanic Kelly joins me to talk about everything that's happening in tech policy as we go into the 2020 election. |
1:25.0 | This episode's coming out in Super Tuesday. It's a big day in the Democratic primary. What better day to launch the Verge's election coverage for the year, which we did on the website. |
1:32.0 | McKenna and I go through all of the big policy areas that we're covering from political advertising on social networks. My blueburg is breaking the whole system and revealing the fault lines. |
1:41.0 | We talk about what is going on with section 230. And then really what I think is one of the main things. |
1:46.0 | McKenna's favorite, my favorite, broadband access in rural areas, which is a huge issue that is going undercovered. |
1:51.0 | All stuff we're going to cover, a lot this year. Check it out, it's McKenna Kelly on the Vergecast. |
1:58.0 | McKenna Kelly, Policy Reporter at the Verge. Welcome. |
2:00.0 | Hey, good to be back. How are you doing? I'm doing good. It's just kind of like a lot all of the time. It is a lot all the time. |
2:07.0 | So this episode is going to come out on Tuesday, which is Super Tuesday. Super. |
2:12.0 | We're launching a lot of our election and policy coverage that same day. And I want to talk to you about the big issues that are already in the election, both in sort of the Democratic primary. |
2:21.0 | And then obviously what we're going to see in the general election and what we're going to track. |
2:26.0 | And so right now it seems like you are spending a lot of time asking big platforms what memes are allowed because Bloomberg is spending an enormous amount of money. |
2:35.0 | And he's like pushing the boundaries of political advertising on the platforms. How is that going? |
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