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Tech Won't Save Us

Section 230 Protects Free Expression Online w/ Evan Greer

Tech Won't Save Us

Paris Marx

Silicon Valley, Books, Technology, Arts, Future, Tech Criticism, Socialism, Paris Marx, News, Criticism, Tech News, Politics

4.8626 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Paris Marx is joined by Evan Greer to discuss Republican and Democratic desires to amend or revoke Section 230, why the proposals won’t solve problems with Big Tech, and the international implications of US decisions about moderation. Evan Greer is an activist, musician, and writer. She is the deputy director at Fight for the Future, which is currently running campaigns to protect Section 230 called Save Online Free Speech and to ban facial recognition technology. Follow Evan on Twitter as @...

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0:00.0

The battle over the direction that it goes is a battle to decide whether technology is largely used to empower and liberate or to oppress.

0:29.3

Hello and welcome to Tech Won't Save Us. I'm your host, Paris Marks, and this week I'm joined by Evan Greer.

0:35.3

Evan is an activist, musician, and deputy director of Fight for the Future. She's also a writer who's written for a number of different publications, including

0:37.8

The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Wired. In this week's conversation, we talk about Section

0:43.1

230 of the Communications Decency Act in the United States. And while usually I probably wouldn't

0:48.9

do an episode on a specific law, this one's really important because it helps to define a really important piece of

0:55.6

how we use the internet and how platforms operate. Evan argues that this is really key to

1:01.5

freedom of speech online, and it's become a political football in the past year or so, as

1:08.2

Republicans and Democrats have threatened the future of Section 230 and presented

1:13.2

different changes that would place limitations on the law. This is a really interesting conversation

1:18.8

where we not only talk about how both of those political parties are approaching Section 230,

1:23.6

but also what it means internationally, even for people who are not in the United States,

1:28.7

because where we use platforms that are located in the United States, we're all affected when

1:34.1

changes are made to how they operate. Tech Won't Save Us is also part of the Harbinger Media

1:39.2

Network. You can find more information about that in the show notes. Obviously, if you

1:44.0

like this episode, please leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts

1:47.6

and make sure to share it with any friends or colleagues that you think would enjoy it.

1:51.2

That kind of social proof when it's shared on social media really helps us to get new listeners.

1:56.0

And if you want to support the work that I put into making the show every week,

1:59.3

you can go to patreon.com slash tech

2:01.4

won't save us and become a supporter. Enjoy the conversation. Evan, welcome to Tech Won't Save Us.

2:07.7

Hey, thanks for having me on. It's great to speak with you. So there's this big debate that's

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