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Podcast: The Making of Musk: Understood (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Who Broke the Internet? | E2: Ctrl, Ctrl, CtrlPub date: 2025-05-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn 1998, the United States Congress tried to tame the wild internet with a new law: the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But buried in its fine print was a provision that would end up giving tech giants ultimate legal protection and control, and stop innovators from fixing what's broken. Host Cory Doctorow traces how a law written for a different era led to the arrest of a researcher, became the playbook for Meta's enshittification, and lets platforms degrade your online life today — protecting them while they do it. Guests in this episode include Seth Schoen and Pam Samuelson. Archival recordings feature Dmitry Sklyarov, Bruce Lehman, Al Gore, and Steve Sipress. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBC, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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