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Jul 2021
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Rapid Fire News: FB's right-wing algo, T...

Jason Calacanis
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News episode, Jason covers CrowdTangle's data headache (01:56), how the White House wants to crack down on social media misinformation (13:34), Florida Gov. DeSantis proposal for providing internet to Cuba (17:17), a $1B fund for creators (21:32), our Tether investigation (25:07) & more! 
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