Disorder

Ep2. Who Referees Cyberspace?

Sep 19, 2023

Exploring the challenges of regulating cyberspace and the impact of social media on conflicts. Former FBI Agent and War Correspondent share insights on the existential cyber-war. Discusses the need for global cooperation and regulations to combat disinformation and cyber threats.

46:20

Episode guests

David Patrikarakos

Asha Rangappa

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The US government opted not to regulate the commercial aspects of the internet, leading to challenges in controlling disinformation and cyber warfare.

Regulating big tech platforms like industries with harmful products is necessary to combat disinformation and hold tech companies accountable for societal harm.

Deep dives

The Evolution of the Internet and Lack of Regulation

The podcast delves into the origins of the internet, tracing its evolution from the development of ARPA net in the 1950s to the advent of social media. It questions why the internet, a vast unregulated space, has not been subject to government oversight like other aspects of society. The complex nature of regulating the massive amount of information online is explored, along with the initial excitement surrounding the internet's potential for freedom.

Social Trust and Civic Health

01:17

Collective Action for Regulation of Cyberspace

00:54

Introduction

3min

Navigating the Digital Battlefield

6min

Exploring the Role of Homo Digitalis and Cyber Utopianism

2min

Social Media's Influence on Modern Conflicts

9min

Navigating Warfare, Propaganda, and Disorder in the Digital Age

2min

Addressing the Challenges of Unregulated Cyberspace

2min

Navigating Global Regulation in Cyberspace

19min

Although the birth of the internet was an interplay between American defense contractors and American tech firms, the US government actively chose to not regulate the commercial aspects of what it had birthed.

From disinformation to cyber warfare, how can we better control the internet and stop it from reinforcing the Global Enduring Disorder? In this episode, former FBI Agent Asha Rangappa helps us understand what makes these new technologies so disruptive and how the West’s adversaries understand the politics of cyberspace. War Correspondent David Patrikarakos tells us about the physical impact of these new technologies on ongoing conflicts. Both conclude that our leaders have been naïve about the fact that for more than a decade we have been facing an existential multi-front cyber-war.

Twitter: @DisorderShow

Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/unregulated-cyberspace

Producer: George McDonagh

Exec Producer: Neil Fearn

Show Note Links

For more from Asha Rangappa, subscribe to her email newsletter, The Freedom Academy here. She is also co-host of the podcast, It’s Complicated, with Renato Mariotti which you can find here.

Get David Patrikarakos’ book, War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century here

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Disorder

Ep2. Who Referees Cyberspace?

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The Evolution of the Internet and Lack of Regulation

Social Media's Impact on Conflict and Disinformation

Empowering Individuals in Cyberspace Warfare

Regulating Big Tech and Addressing Disinformation

Social Trust and Civic Health

Collective Action for Regulation of Cyberspace

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts