This Week in Tech 805: Come Together Like Voltron - a podcast by TWiT

Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba

• Social networks begin to ban President Trump.


• Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard?


• China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba.


• Signal sees an uptick in light of the WhatsApp controversy.


• Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.


• Happy birthday to Wikipedia.


• Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.


• Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.


• Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."


• Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.


• Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?


• SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.


• The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.


• Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.


• Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.


• Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.

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Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Amy Webb, and Dan Gillmor

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