In our 280th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews John Samples from the Cato Institute regarding his essay, "Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media." They are joined by Evan Abrams, Matthew Heiman, David Kris (@DavidKris), and Nate Jones (@n8jones81) to discuss: A CLOUD Act treaty may be signed with the United Kingdom this year.; The president apparently has a beef with CrowdStrike.; Lawmakers appear willing to let the NSA's phone surveillance program lapse.; The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the New York Times are pushing the National Security Letter issue.; The Department of Justice is suing to collect the royalties from Edward Snowden's new book.; Shareholders have alleged that FedEx covered up damages caused by NotPetya.; The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has some new rules.; Some people doubt the future viability of end-to-end encryption.; China is assigning social credit scores to businesses.; TikTok censors videos that Beijing doesn't like.; France issued its outlook on international law and cyber conflict.; Speaking of cyberwar, there's a renewed international effort to build cyber norms. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.
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