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Ari Melber, MS NOW

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4.6 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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In this podcast extra, MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on how the GOP’s latest tech ban tests free speech, as Montana becomes the first state to ban the social media app TikTok. Plus, hear comedian Matt Friend’s latest “Beat” appearance, and a conversation with lawyer Floyd Abrams, who says new GOP laws violate the First Amendment. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, listen to the podcast. This is Ari Melber and as you can tell this is not the normal
0:05.1	addition of the show that we share but one of our podcast extras and it digs into free speech,
0:10.2	our digital environment and specifically at times what's going on with TikTok, a very vibrant
0:15.5	platform that has been used for everything from fun, viral dance moves to serious political reform.
0:20.5	And so we've put together a podcast extra here. I've heard from some of you that you like it when
0:24.0	we do things that go beyond just the nightly show. Well, this is going to be that kind of presentation. I
0:29.5	want to share with you some of my thoughts and reporting about this proposed Republican ban
0:34.8	of TikTok that's set to take effect next year in Montana. So I'm going to break that all down.
0:40.5	Then for something a little more fun, we're going to share with you one of our favorite
0:44.4	funny episodes. My interview with a comic we discovered on TikTok, Matt Friend. I've actually
0:50.2	heard from a lot of you writing in about him. So that's going to come. And then after both of those
0:54.3	pieces here in this podcast extra, I want to share my discussion with Floyd Abrams, who's the lawyer
0:59.2	who mentored me when I practiced free speech and First Amendment law. We sat down as part of our
1:04.1	summit series. And during the conversation, we actually talked a lot about how free speech
1:08.6	principles apply in this new and evolving digital space. So coming up, you have a little TikTok
1:13.8	breakdown, a little fun of someone who actually blew up from TikTok, and then a deeper and longer
1:19.5	legal discussion about digital free speech and a whole lot more. So I hope you enjoyed this podcast
1:24.8	extra. As always, you can rate us five stars or whatever you think we deserve. And thanks for
1:29.1	listening to the Beat With Ari Melder podcast. When you think about it, politics is always
1:34.8	partly driven by the communication technology of every era. And I mean all the way back. If you
1:40.1	look at FDR's famous direct addresses of the public, he did it through radio. And at the time,
1:48.2	those radio addresses or fireside chats were considered revolutionary in their own way.
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