TWiG 582: Hipster Antitrust - Section 230 Under Attack, DOJ vs Google, Zoomtopia - a podcast by TWiT

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Section 230 Under Attack, DOJ vs Google, Zoomtopia


  • Section 230 is still under attack. Jeffrey Toobin is a perfect example of why we need it.

  • Is there any way we could improve Section 230?

  • Five Eyes and Japan want to end encryption. What other ideas do we need to fight against?

  • Oh, Quibi, we hardly knew ye!

  • Netflix is the new Hollywood

  • Prime Day was bad, but Stacey still bought an Alexa-enabled faucet.

  • 23 and Me was on sale on Prime Day. Anyone find anything interesting about their family tree?

  • San Francisco passes the Caren Act against Racist 911 calls

  • Department of Justice vs Google is clearly a Repubican charade. It is weak. It will fail.

  • In a perfect world, how would we break up Google?

  • The Google Changelog: hum to Google Assistant | Google kills Trusted Contact and Nest Secure | Google Discover Heart | Chrome OS screen recorder | Parallels adds Windows apps on Chromebooks | Alphabet crop-watching robot | Google Chat goes free | Google Assistant might get G Suite | Portrait Light coming to all Pixel Phones | Google tells you where to vote | Free Stadia games

  • AOC on Twitch Playing Among Us

  • Biden Island in Animal Crossing

  • Zoomtopia brings end to end encryption and more

  • There are many wonderful alternatives to Zoom

  • How Zoom will define the new office

  • Jeff Jarvis' Sanitized Office

  • All the upcoming conferences will be virtual

  • Zoom towns growing across the country and the world - where would you move?



Picks of the Week


  • Leo's Tool: Hank Laporte's Drone Instagram

  • Leo's Tool 2: TSA checkpoint travel numbers for 2020 and 2019

  • Stacey's Thing: Amazon Dot: We don't love the sound or the buttons

  • Stacey's Thing 2: June Oven V3

  • Jeff's Number: 1.3b parcels shipped last year

  • Mike's Stuff: Mover Erase - Mini Whiteboard on the Palm


Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham


Guest: Mike Masnick


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