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Jan 2025
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Studying online bad behavior was hard. I...

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About this episode

Hello, Nilay here. We’re still on winter break; we’ll be back with brand-new Decoder interviews next week, and with our Thursday shows later this month. I’m excited for what we’ve got in the pipeline. I think you’re going to love it.


For today, though, we’re sharing an episode of Peter Kafka’s new show Channels – he’s talking to disinformation researcher Renee DiResta about what’s going on with speech online in an era where platforms seem less inclined to moderate than ever. Peter’s an old friend and Renee is an expert on all this — there’s a lot of core Decoder themes in this one. Enjoy, and we’ll be back in a bit.


Links: 

  • Channels with Peter Kafka | Apple Podcasts
  • The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled | Platformer
  • A major disinformation research center’s future looks uncertain | The Verge
  • Supreme Court to hear case on how government talks to social platforms | The Verge
  • GOP targets researchers who study disinformation ahead of 2024 Election | NYT
  • She warned of ‘peer-to-peer misinformation.’ Congress listened | NYT
  • Disinformation watchdogs are under pressure. This group refuses to stop | NYT


Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Callie Wright. Our supervising producer is Liam James.

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.


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