This week's @techpolicypress podcast features:

@jayvanbavel on social media, misinformation, and what it was like to get brigaded over a fact check

@TrooperSanders on the Affordable Connectivity Program and how to close the digital divide

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Background Reading #1: Check out @jayvanbavel's book (or read the summary) with @dominicpacker_, The Power of Us: powerofus.online
@jayvanbavel @dominicpacker_ Background reading #2: Read @TrooperSanders, CEO of @BeneDataTrust, on what needs to happen to make sure the new broadband benefit is widely accessed by those that need it: techpolicy.press/new-broadband-…

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Jan 16,
2/ This quesabirria is a truly bomb ass quesabirria. It delivers. And these people running La Hacienda are so sweet. It's been open about 6 weeks! Image
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Jan 14,
1/ I read the subpoenas the @January6thCmte issued to Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google/YouTube), Twitter and Reddit:
techpolicy.press/january-6-comm…
@January6thCmte 2/ At Alphabet, the Committee is focused on YouTube. One thing that caught my eye- the Committee seeks "non-public moderation discussions and policies that led to President Trump's suspension"... interesting.
3/ At Meta (Facebook), the Committee wants more information about some of the details revealed by whistleblower @FrancesHaugen:
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Jan 13,
The Wall Street Journal revealed the existence of a program at Facebook called Cross Check that gave elites special consideration. The Oversight Board chastised the company for failing to disclose it. @MChrisRiley has recommendations for the board:
techpolicy.press/cross-checking…
Background reading- in September @JeffHorwitz kicked off the Facebook Files- a series of reports based on leaked documents from whistleblower Frances Haugen- with a report on Cross Check: wsj.com/articles/faceb…
@JeffHorwitz Facebook's own Oversight Board was kept in the dark about the existence of the program despite its inquiry into content moderation practices related to the suspension former President Donald Trump. cnn.com/2021/10/21/tec…
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Jan 12,
1/ One question inquiries into January 6th seek to answer is the extent to which Donald Trump and his close associates were aware of the potential for violence. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, @RepKinzinger (R-IL), a member of the House Select Committee, raised this line of inquiry:
2/ In @just_security, I suggest a potentially fruitful indicator of Trump’s awareness of the detailed planning for violent assaults on the Capitol is what he and his closest aides knew about the discourse on a public message board: TheDonald[.]win. justsecurity.org/79813/thedonal…
@just_security 3/ To understand the likelihood that such communications were known to the Trump team, and how that knowledge might be proven, it is important to understand the history of The Donald, and how Donald Trump, his campaigns, and advisors interacted with it:
justsecurity.org/79813/thedonal…
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Jan 9,
1/ This week's two-part @techpolicypress podcast focuses on Extremism, Media & Tech One Year After January 6.

Segment 1 features @DFRLab's @jaredlholt on his new report on how domestic extremism has evolved in the year since the insurrection:
techpolicy.press/the-sunday-sho…
@techpolicypress @DFRLab @jaredlholt 2/ Segment 2 features @NewAmerica Future Frontlines report authors @CandaceRondeaux and Ben Dalton on their new report, Parler and the Road to the Capitol Attack: Investigating Alt-Tech Ties to January 6 techpolicy.press/the-sunday-sho…
@techpolicypress @DFRLab @jaredlholt @NewAmerica @CandaceRondeaux 3/ Segment 3 features @CheckMyAdsHQ founders @nandoodles and @catthekin on their new campaign to hold ad tech firms accountable for doing business with insurrectionist extremists: techpolicy.press/the-sunday-sho…
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