Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / Sep 12, 2024

Google and Meta Are a Threat to Journalism

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Matt Pearce on Silicon Valleys threat to media.

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Google and Meta Are A Threat to Journalism w/ Matt Pearce | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google sidestepped two California bills aimed at funding journalism and how major tech companies are transforming the web to make hyperlinks less relevant.

Matt Pearce is the President of Media Guild of the West and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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A phone screen shows the logo of Meta, with the logo of Google looming in the background.

In this photo illustration, the Meta logo is seen displayed on a mobile phone screen with Google logo in the background.

(Idrees Abbas / AP Photos)

On this episode of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, we’re joined by Matt Pearce to discuss how Google sidestepped two California bills aimed at funding journalism and how major tech companies are transforming the Web to make hyperlinks less relevant.

Matt Pearce is the president of Media Guild of the West and a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times.

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DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service w/ Kate Green and Milo | Tech Won't Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Kate Green and Milo to discuss how Elon Musk’s DOGE is dismantling the US Digital Service and the consequences that has on really improving service delivery in government. 

Kate Green and Milo are former US Digital Service engineers.

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Paris Marx

Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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