Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover the Biden transition and today we are talking about what tech policy

could look like under Joe Biden.

It's part of a series of big picture conversations we're going to have over the next week or so

talking about what things might look like next year after January 20th when there's a

Biden administration.

Today we've got Shannon Bond and Bobby Allen from NPR's tech team here.

Hey guys.

Hello.

Hey Scott.

Let's start with how things are going right now despite the fact that there are a lot

of arguments to be made that he'd never be president without Twitter and Facebook.

President Trump has really kind of sourned on Big Tech lately.

How has that affected the landscape in DC?

You know, this Trump's unhappiness with the Big Tech companies, you know, actually kind

of well predates, you know, even the most recent up or over the election and, you know,

his claims that he was robbed in some way.

I mean, he was going after Twitter and Facebook way back this spring, you know, talking

about how they allegedly censored conservatives and issuing his first threats to strip them

of legal immunity.

And that was around when the social media companies started labeling his tweet, you know,

I think Twitter went first, right?

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