The Chinese government is a surveillance economy. And if we complain about it here, boy, where do you go over to China and live over there? I think that's... It's not jingoistic to point that out. The idea that I thought Matthias had, which is Moses, we're resisting putting our stuff up there. We think it's a good product. Our government's looking at it. There's oracles involved. There's all kinds of things. But let's be clear. This is the issue."
Kara and Scott are back to discuss the demise of a journalism antitrust bill, as well as a potential deal between Vice and a Saudi media giant. Also, Twitter says payments to a whistleblower shouldn't affect its deal with Elon Musk. Then, Friend of Pivot Mark Bergen chats about his new book, “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.” Plus, Scott was on Bill Maher!
You can read the statement we mentioned from Little People of America here.
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