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Platform capitalism with Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin
This week: we interview Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow, authors of Chokepoint Capitalism, about how platforms capture value in creative markets.
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Can regulators think like Google?
People are looking to governments to protect them against the undemocratic power wielded by internet platforms.
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Musk and the freedom to tweet (absolutely anything)
As a vehement Twitter critic and free speech absolutist, what does Elon Musk want to do as Twitter's largest shareholder?
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New York Times gets Wordle
This week: we discuss the economics and business behind the New York Times’ decision to buy popular internet game Wordle.
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Facebook relaunches itself as Meta in a clear bid to dominate the metaverse
Facebook’s parent company is now called Meta, as part of its move to embrace the metaverse.
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What Spotify is doing to podcasts on The Future, This Week
The podcast about podcasts: how Spotify’s ambitions might change podcasts forever.
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Here’s what the High Court decision means for your favourite Facebook pages
Today’s ruling may inspire many social media account managers to more tightly restrict comments — or, where possible, switch them off completely.
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Facebook’s failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish
What does Facebook need to do to strengthen enforcement of their community standards to protect persecuted minorities?
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Breaking the internet (badly)
Fastly and Akamai are major internet companies most of us don’t need to know about, but what happens when they go down?
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AirTags and suburban retrofitting on The Future, This Week
This week: Apple’s AirTag release raises platform competition issues, and the trend of suburban retrofitting changes what suburbs are for.