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Does a cat stand on two legs or four?

The answer to that question may tell you all you need to know about the government involving itself in social media content moderation.

On today's show, we cover the latest tech policy developments involving the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, AI regulation, and more.

Guests:

- Ari Cohn, FIRE's lead counsel, tech policy.

, a resident technology and innovation senior fellow at the R Street Institute

- , a technology policy senior fellow at the CATO Institute

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Section 230

06:55 FCC and Section 230

14:32 Brendan Carr and "faith-based programming"

28:24 Media companies' settlements with the Trump

30:24 Brendan Carr at Semafor event

38:37 FTC and social media companies

48:09 AI regulations

01:03:43 Outro

Read the transcript.

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Show notes:

• "" FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez via X (2025)

• "" New York Post (2025)

• "" Brendan Carr via Project 2025 (2022)

• "" Adam Kovacevich via X (2025)

• "" Adam Thierer via X (2025)

• "" Brendan Carr via X (2025)

• "" Semafor (2025)

• "" National Telecommunications and Information Administration (2020)

• "" New York Post (2025)

• "" FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson via X (2025)

• "" FTC (2025)

• "Moody v. NetChoice" (2024)

• "The FTC is overstepping its authority -- and threatening free speech online" ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø (2025)

• "Wave of state-level AI bills raise First Amendment problems" ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø (2025)

• "" Adam Thierer via X (2025)

• "" Mike Godwin (1995)

• "Greg Lukianoff testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, February 6, 2024" ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø (2024)

• "" Ithiel de Sola Pool (1984)