Dylan, German, and Dara talk about Facebook and the controversy surrounding it in recent weeks. They cover just how much — and how little — we know about Facebook’s impact on the world and talk about whether there are good policy solutions to Facebook’s problems. For the white paper of the week, they break down a study on free school lunch programs.
References:
- The Wall Street Journal’s reporting on how Facebook’s efforts to improve the platform backfired
- The Washington Post’s reporting on how Facebook prioritized “angry” over “like”
- The Washington Post’s reporting on Facebook picking engagement over fighting misinformation
- Section 230 basics, explained
- Vox’s Recode Daily podcast
- What happened when experimenters paid people to deactivate Facebook before the 2018 midterms
- Max Fisher and Amanda Taub on Facebook-inspired anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka
- Facebook did enable the Arab Spring
- Farhad Manjoo on how bad regulations could make Facebook worse
- A child psychologist on what we don’t know about Instagram’s effect on teen girls
- Kevin Drum’s counter-takes on Facebook
- NBER study on school lunch programs reducing grocery costs
Hosts:
Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
German Lopez (@germanrlopez), senior correspondent, Vox
Dara Lind (@dlind), immigration reporter, ProPublica
Credits:
Sofi LaLonde, producer & engineer
Libby Nelson, editorial advisor
Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts
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