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hlthe2b

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Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:18 AM Apr 2021

Excellent podcast on the normally dry issues of Anti-Trust, Monopolies, Regulation & Social Media

with Al Franken--who asks all the right questions of Anti-Trust lawyer Zephyr Teachout and early Facebook investor (now intense critic) Roger McNamee.

I've read a good bit about this (typically a zzzz-fest) but key issues that we know a bit about are expanded on and some new issues with FB, Google, Youtube, and others--along with the challenges of reining them in internationally are discussed in a way that is accessible and even somewhat entertaining, while frustrating and somewhat frightening.


It is a bit over an hour, but worth it for DUers and our activist colleagues. Scroll down the link to directly listen or download from your usual podcast source.

https://alfranken.com/listen/zephyr-teachout-and-roger-mcnamee

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Excellent podcast on the normally dry issues of Anti-Trust, Monopolies, Regulation & Social Media (Original Post) hlthe2b Apr 2021 OP
K&R. Will listen to this. JudyM Apr 2021 #1
kick for more exposure hlthe2b Apr 2021 #2
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