Jared issues a moratorium on Baby Yoda memes and then speaks to BuzzFeed News senior tech reporter Ryan Mac about Elon Musk’s courtroom success against a defamation lawsuit filed against him by a British diver whom Musk called a “pedo guy.” Later, we’re joined by the author of the blog The Seventh Degree for a closer look at Jordan B. Peterson’s awful new content platform.
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Stories Referenced:
- Accused of Killing a Gambino Mob Boss, He’s Presenting a Novel Defense (The New York Times)
- I Want That on a T-Shirt (Tom McKay @ Gizmodo)
- Elon Musk Beat The “Pedo Guy” Defamation Suit In A Dramatic Victory (Ryan Mac @ BuzzFeed News)
- White Nationalist Youtuber is Thinkspot’s Top User (The Seventh Degree)
- NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed. (Alberto Nardelli @ BuzzFeed News)
- FTC officially rules that Cambridge Analytica deceived Facebook users (Colin Lecher @ The Verge)
- Bernie Sanders Has a $150 Billion ‘Internet For All’ Plan (Victoria Song @ Gizmodo)
- Jeff Bezos: US is in ‘big trouble’ if Big Tech rejects military contracts (Jon Fingas @ Engadget)