Welcome to Axis ProRata, a podcast that takes just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech business and politics.

I'm Dan Pramak. On today's show, Silicon Valley gets its own stock exchange and what big tech doesn't have to fear from Joe Biden.

But first, Trump goes it alone. Again, yesterday, more than a dozen countries endorsed a call to action that will address how terrorist and other extremist content is spread via tech platforms.

It's called the Christchurch agreement and also was supported by tech giants, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Google.

Twitter's Jack Dorsey even traveled to Paris for the official announcement.

But notably absent was the United States, which didn't sign on.

The White House didn't really give a reason, but on the exact same day, unveiled a new website that asks Americans to report instances of possible political bias by social media platforms.

Now, this is a pretty low-tech offering hosted on the old TypePad blogging platform, asking for screenshots and and links plus a lot of personal

information it also lets respondents opt-in for email newsletters from President

Trump prompting questions about if the effort is more about politics than about

policy why it matters is that the spread of extremist content online is a very

serious problem as we're reminded almost any time there's a terrorist attack

but the law and order Trump administration is whistling past these very real graveyards

in order to focus on narrow political grievances that have been regularly disproven.

Yes, American tech companies have signed on, but getting them to take meaningful action

and to make sure they stick to their promises is the job of a currently absentee government.

It is, in short, a missed opportunity.

In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with Axios Media Reporter Sarah Fisher.

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