Tech Policy Podcast

#362: Common Carrier Rules, the Tech Stack, and You

Episode Summary

Blake Reid (Colorado Law) and Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) join the show to discuss the constitutional and policy implications of applying common carrier rules at different layers of the “tech stack.” Should broadband providers be forced to carry content? Should social media platforms? How about both? Or neither? Maybe the former, but not the latter? How about the latter, but not the former? . . . Wait, stop. That last one is nonsense. Tune in to find out why. The Greatest Internet Law Chart Ever (https://tinyurl.com/3w6rbhbz) Uncommon Carriage (https://tinyurl.com/yfh46aez) The Conservative Bias Panic Comes for Gmail’s Spam Detection (https://tinyurl.com/mryrcvha) The Republican Project to Break Your Email Account (https://tinyurl.com/36bdkzcc) US Telecom (D.C. Cir. 2017) (https://tinyurl.com/bdmskx67) Carlin Communications (9th Cir. 1987) (https://tinyurl.com/mubxsfan)

Episode Notes

Blake Reid (Colorado Law) and Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) join the show to discuss the constitutional and policy implications of applying common carrier rules at different layers of the “tech stack.” Should broadband providers be forced to carry content? Should social media platforms? How about both? Or neither? Maybe the former, but not the latter? How about the latter, but not the former? . . . Wait, stop. That last one is nonsense. Tune in to find out why.

The Greatest Internet Law Chart Ever

Uncommon Carriage 

The Conservative Bias Panic Comes for Gmail’s Spam Detection

The Republican Project to Break Your Email Account

US Telecom (D.C. Cir. 2017)

Carlin Communications (9th Cir. 1987)